Contents. I. Reading for information . ..7

Предисловие …………………………………………………………………3

I. Reading for information ….…………………………………………...........7

- Article I. Russians get “gold medal” for Cyber Fraud ………………..........10

- Article II. Female discovered in trunk of car at US/Canada Border ……….12

- Article III. CBP officers intercept marijuana smuggling attempt in New

York …………………………………………………………………..........13

- Article IV. Border Patrol stops drug smuggler …………………………….14

- Article V. Siemens managers admit bribing Russian officials …………….16

- Article VI. Drug police seize cannabis garden …………………………….18

- Article VII. Afghan drug lords bypassing Central Asia …………………...21

- Article VIII. Bank clients’ data faces scrutiny …………………………….24

- Article IX. Branding: a crucial defense in guarding market share ………...27

- Article X. UK government backtracks over bribery ……………………… 31

- Article XI. Globalization needs no defense – it needs to be questioned …. 34

- Article XII. Breaking the habit: Mexico tackles drug abuse ……………... 39

II. Reading for analysis ……………………………………………………..43

- Text I. The custom of Customs ………………………………………….. 43

- Text II. Anything to declare? …………………………………………….. 51

- Text III. Full exposure ………………………………………………........ 58

- Text IV. Counterfeiting and piracy: crime of the 21^st century …………....63

- Text V. Counterfeiting, the Internet and the postal dilemma ……………..71

- Text VI. Call of the wild (CITES) ………………………………………...77

- Text VII. Trafficking drugs into Europe …………………………………..84

- Text VIII. Sniffy customers ………………………………………….........90

- Text IX. Classification of goods ………………………………………….. 97

- Text X. The Harmonized System Convention ………………………........104

- Text XI. Customs valuation …………………………………………........ 111

- Text XII. Meeting the challenges of the 21^st century ……………………….119

III. Supplementary reading …………………………………………………...126

- Not guilty ……………………………………………………………...........126

- A smuggler ………………………………………………………………….127

- Two coats ……………………………………………………………...........129

- In the driving seat …………………………………………………….......... 131

- At the Customs office ……………………………………………………….134

- Dutch cigarettes ……………………………………………………………..136

- A present from Strasbourg ………………………………………………….138

- Coping with smuggling in the Middle Ages ………………………………..141

- A true story …………………………………………………………………143

- A great deal of trouble ………………………………………………………149

- Travels with Charlie in search of America ………………………………....152

- The word ……………………………………………………………………157

IV. Tests ……………………………………………………………………...161

- Test 1 ……………………………………………………………………….161

- Test 2 ……………………………………………………………………….164

- Test 3 ……………………………………………………………………….167

- Test 4 ……………………………………………………………………….169

Bibliography …………………………………………………………………172