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STOP Act Regulations to Fight Opioid Smuggling to be Published

To combat a wide variety of tactics smugglers use to conceal fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas signed an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to promulgate regulations that will enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement provisions required in the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act. 

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing titled “Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Exploiting Vulnerabilities in International Mail Security”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen addresses the of CBP in combating the flow of dangerous illicit drugs, including synthetic opioids, into the United States, specifically through international mail and express consignment carrier shipments.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of ICE for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing titled “Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Exploiting Vulnerabilities in International Mail Security”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations Office of Illicit Trade, Travel, and Finance Deputy Assistant Director Greg Nevano addresses the crisis of heroin and illicit fentanyl in the United States and the efforts of ICE to target, investigate, disrupt, dismantle and bring to justice the criminal elements responsible for the manufacturing, smuggling, and distribution of dangerous opioids.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing titled “Examining the Shipment of Illicit Drugs in International Mail”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen addresses the role of CBP in combating the flow of dangerous illicit drugs into the United States, specifically through international mail and express consignment carrier shipments. 

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations hearing titled “H.R. 2851, Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Operations Support Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner Robert Perez addresses the role of CBP in combating the flow of dangerous synthetic drugs, including synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, into the United States.