Customs officers should be trained to ensure that all diamonds are declared on entry, with certificates of origin provided (not just the country of shipment) and values registered.

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Once a smuggler gets fossils out of the country, the shipment need only make it past customs.

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It can be confiscated if customs discovers a shipment does not meet regulations -- including country of origin.

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In Germany, officials announced that a shipment of frozen lasagne suspected of containing horsemeat had arrived in the country.

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Venezuela has received its first shipment of gold bars, after President Hugo Chavez ordered the repatriation of 85% of the country's bullion reserves.

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