Japanese customs authorities seized over 3 metric tons of illegal drugs in 2025, rising 15% from the previous year to mark the second-highest amount on record, the Finance Ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/japan/crime-legal/drug-seizure-finance-ministry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #customs #drugs #marijuana #cocaine #mdma #financeministry
"It's part of the responsibility of being a jingle dancer - to go where people are suffering and need healing."
- Star Downwind, a jingle dress dancer invited to perform a prayer & dance ceremony in southern Minneapolis at the sites of Good & Pretti's murders.
[Minnesota Public Radio, short article w/ 8 photos, good work, community repair & protection.]
#native #people #indigenous #customs #prayer #jingle #dance #healing #protection #tradition #memorial #site #mourning
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/02/jingle-dress-dancers-hold-healing-ceremonies-at-good-pretti-memorial-sites-in-minneapolis
"Capture it all": #ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on #protesters
Senator Edward J. #Markey (D-Mass.) demanded that #Immigration and #Customs Enforcement ( #ICE ) confirm or deny the existence of a "domestic #terrorists ” database that lists US #citizens who protest ICE's immigration crackdown.
#privacy
"Capture it all": #ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on #protesters
Senator Edward J. #Markey (D-Mass.) demanded that #Immigration and #Customs Enforcement ( #ICE ) confirm or deny the existence of a "domestic #terrorists ” database that lists US #citizens who protest ICE's immigration crackdown.
#privacy
"It's part of the responsibility of being a jingle dancer - to go where people are suffering and need healing."
- Star Downwind, a jingle dress dancer invited to perform a prayer & dance ceremony in southern Minneapolis at the sites of Good & Pretti's murders.
[Minnesota Public Radio, short article w/ 8 photos, good work, community repair & protection.]
#native #people #indigenous #customs #prayer #jingle #dance #healing #protection #tradition #memorial #site #mourning
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/02/jingle-dress-dancers-hold-healing-ceremonies-at-good-pretti-memorial-sites-in-minneapolis
Considering their track record of going after the wrong people in the wrong places, this is insanity
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#ICE says its officers can forcibly enter homes during #immigration operations without a #judicial #warrant: 2025 memo
A May 2025 internal Immigration and #Customs Enforcement document shows that the agency told officers & agents they can forcibly enter homes of people subject to #deportation without a warrant signed by a #judge.
#4thamendment #rights #privacy #dhs
Considering their track record of going after the wrong people in the wrong places, this is insanity
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#ICE says its officers can forcibly enter homes during #immigration operations without a #judicial #warrant: 2025 memo
A May 2025 internal Immigration and #Customs Enforcement document shows that the agency told officers & agents they can forcibly enter homes of people subject to #deportation without a warrant signed by a #judge.
#4thamendment #rights #privacy #dhs
Malaysian customs authorities have charged three Japanese men with attempting to smuggle large quantities of marijuana into the Southeast Asian nation, with the men planning to deny the charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/crime-legal/marijuana-smuggling-malaysia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #malaysia #marijuana #airports #kualalumpur #customs
📦 This is not only via #Amazon, it's common practice, many many packages from #China I have checked are mislabeled either in content or price.
Has anyone else ever noticed that? If so from where did you order? Please let me know below ⬇️
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Smuggled-Chinese-products-Raids-at-Amazon-in-Italy-11091355.html
#News #Chinese #Delivery #Package #Customs #Products #Product #smuggling #heise #mail
Brussels sides with France to urge EU handling fee for cheap parcels https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-sides-with-france-urge-eu-handling-fee-for-cheap-parcels/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #FinancialServices #Sustainability #Technology #Security #Mobility #Customs #Finance #TradeUK #Budget #Safety #Fuels #Trade #Trade
Brussels sides with France to urge EU handling fee for cheap parcels https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-sides-with-france-urge-eu-handling-fee-for-cheap-parcels/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #FinancialServices #Sustainability #Technology #Security #Mobility #Customs #Finance #TradeUK #Budget #Safety #Fuels #Trade #Trade
A public library in Stanstead, Quebec, straddles the US-Canadian border. Should patrons on the Canadian side be allowed to walk through a door to the US side without going through customs?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/trump-ends-canada-access-at-shared-border-library/
Until now, yes, with a brief exception around the 9/11 attacks. But not any more, according to a new Trump admin directive.
#BorderPatrol #Canada #Customs #ICE #Libraries #Trump #USPol #USPolitics