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CHICAGO, July 14 (Reuters) – The Department of \u2060Justice \u2060said on Tuesday it \u2060is creating a new global trade enforcement section of \u200bits National Fraud Division to investigate and prosecute criminal import, trade and \u200ccustoms fraud offenses.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The \u200cnew unit is part of a shift by federal agencies \u2060from pursuing \u2060administrative fines for import violations to criminal prosecutions. Since the \u200bDOJ and the Department of Homeland Security launched the Trade Fraud Task Force in August 2025, the agencies have exceeded $1 billion in civil and \u200bcriminal recoveries, penalties, forfeitures and publicly charged losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2022 The DOJ’s \u2060trade fraud \u2060unit’s mission is to \u2060investigate \u200band prosecute criminal schemes to import goods illegally that violate U.S. product \u200bsafety and anti-forced \u2060labor laws or misreport import values and other information to evade tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2022 “For too long, fraud actors have viewed customs violations as a mere surcharge or cost of doing business,” Assistant Attorney General Colin \u2060McDonald said in a statement. “By utilizing the Department\u2019s full weight, we \u2060are making it clear that trade fraud is a serious economic crime.”<\/p>\n

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\u2022 DOJ and DHS officials made the announcement at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection warehouse near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, a major import hub, amid boxes of confiscated illegal vaping devices and drones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2022 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois also announced criminal charges \u2060in two Chicago-based gold jewelry import cases in which defendants were separately accused of falsely declaring the country of origin to evade tariffs. The jewelry had a combined import value \u200bof $933 million and avoided customs duties of $51.6 million, \u200bthe office said.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by David Lawder)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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