It has also sacked several corrupt officials in the state telecoms company and the customs department.

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He worked with his country's customs and immigration department before joining Canada's foreign service, it said.

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They also argued that coordinating key agencies like the Coast Guard, Border Patrol and Customs under one department could minimize bureaucracy by eliminating overlap.

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Some 37% of households in the UK have an Isa, according to the research - which draws on data from the Bank of England, HM Revenue and Customs, and the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Enforceability falls to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection both within the Department of Homeland Security, which is already developing advanced handheld card readers that can ascertain whether a traveler is carrying a credit card, debit card, or prepaid card.

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The Justice Department is investigating whether Panalpina bribed customs officials in Nigeria and other countries and has requested documents from the oil service companies and Royal Dutch Shell, according to securities filings.

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We'll want the information that they pull in, but we'll want this new department to pull in information from the INS, from Customs, from the Coast Guard, from the drug enforcement authorities, from the state and local police.

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Details of what federal authorities are calling "Operation Iraqi Heritage" were discussed Wednesday at a news conference by representatives of the Department of Homeland Security and the bureaus of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection.

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The operation involved the Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Social Services, the PSNI and Revenue and Customs.

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The AFGE represents 12, 000 of the TSA's nearly 40, 000 transportation security officers in many personnel matters, while also overseeing the broader collective bargaining of nearly 40, 000 other government employees at the Department of Homeland Security, including the Coast Guard, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Shelbe Bentson-Fuller, a spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in northern New England, referred questions about any heightened border security to the Department of Homeland Security in Washington.

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The Coast Guard, Customs Service, Secret Service and Federal Emergency Management Agency would be among the agencies folded into the new department.

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