San Juan, Puerto Rico U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized $205,913 in U.S. dollars concealed in the roof compartment of a vehicle bound for Santo Domingo over the weekend. During the x-ray scanning of outbound vehicles bound to board the…

Washington, D.C. The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged one of the worlds largest producers of premium alcoholic beverages with widespread violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) stemming from more than six years of improper payments to government…

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Commerces Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added two companies in Hong Kong and four companies in Lebanon to the BIS Entity List. The six companies are being added based on evidence that they…

by Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service The WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft, shown here being refueled, collects air samples from areas around the world. The on-board atmospheric collection suite allows the mission crew to detect radioactive "clouds" in real time.…

U.S .- Mexico Agreements Will Lift Tariffs and Put Safety First U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Dionisio Arturo Pèrez-Jàcome Friscione joined today in Mexico City to sign agreements resolving the dispute over long-haul,…

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain light emitting diodes and products containing the same. The products at issue in this investigation are light-emitting diodes and products which incorporate them such as liquid…

Agency Continues to Seek Public Comments The Federal Trade Commission will host its second roundtable to gather information on consumers experiences in the sale and financing of motor vehicles at dealerships. The roundtable will be held in San Antonio, Texas,…

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's customs authority, the Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT), with assistance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), seized over $2.4 million concealed within four large rolls of telephone cable at the…

By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will participate in the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore this week, where officials expect he will outline continued U.S. commitment to the Asia-Pacific region. This is the secretarys…

By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON Navy Adm. Mike Mullen today said he came away from his recent meeting with Pakistani leaders convinced of their commitment to work with the United States on security, intelligence and development. The…

by Elaine Sanchez American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- When Wendy Duffman first heard that Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida's leader and the mastermind behind 9/11, was dead, she said she felt a sense of elation, and then relief. Her…

By Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service TEL AVIV, Israel Noting that their military relationship has never been stronger, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today that the United States and Israel should stand together as we contemplate and…