An alleged criminal network of logistics companies, warehouses, and truckers carried out the $200 million scheme between 2023-24, officials said.
Logistic company executives, warehouse owners and truck drivers are accused of transporting shipping containers to warehouses, unloading the contraband inside and replacing it with "filler" cargo.
Nine people, including logistics executives and truck drivers, were indicted for allegedly orchestrating a smuggling ...
Federal authorities say they have dismantled a sophisticated smuggling ring that operated through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for over a year.
“It was a team of CBP agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport who in 2023 ... tampered with ...
Federal investigators accuse nine logistics workers and executives of devising an elaborate scheme to slip $200 million worth ...
Federal authorities have uncovered a $200 million smuggling operation tied to China, using the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to import counterfeit goods with the help of logistics companies, ...
“No enterprise in Long Beach epitomizes the move away from fossil fuels to clean ... with which it shares Green Shipping Corridor agreements. “The trans-Pacific trade route is the most important ...
Nine people are facing federal charges for their roles in an alleged conspiracy to “smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of counterfeit and other illegal goods from China into the ...
This follows the Port of Long Beach’s commitment to 24/7 that it announced just weeks ago. . . . By increasing the number of late-night hours of operation and opening up for less-crowded hours ...
The L.A.-Long Beach ports handle about 30% of the international seaborne cargo coming into and out of the country, and only a fraction of the thousands of shipping containers moving through every ...