• Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 hours ago

    Sadly and logically, this is transshipment and if done to evade taxes by obfuscating place of origin, it is illegal. From what I heard, US customs does investigate that too, so it’s not just an “illegal in theory but nobody enforces it” kind of thing.

    • TonyOstrich@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Considering all of the other agencies that have had funding and staff cut, how equipped is customs right now?

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        6 hours ago

        I’m pretty sure that the jackbooted thugs are the one part of the government that isn’t getting cut.

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        7 hours ago

        If it means collecting more taxes and finding new excuses to send minorities to the El Salvador concentration camp, it will magically find funding before next week.