INFORMATION :

• Record $2.2M rhino horn shipment seized by customs - 15 November 2011
  "Customs officers guard smuggled rhino horns, ivory chopsticks and ivory bracelets at the Customs and Excise Department in Hong Kong on Tuesday."
  (thestar.com)

  
  
  
  MORE INFORMATION HERE. (BBC)

• Cloned sniffer dogs begin duties
  "South Korea's customs service says it has deployed the "world's first cloned sniffer dogs" to check for drugs at its main airport and border crossings."
  (BBC)

  

• 'Cocaine cast' tests Customs
  ""A Chilean man with a broken leg has been arrested at Barcelona airport wearing a 'cast' made of cocaine.
  The 66-year-old carried six cans of beer and two hollowed-out stools that also contained the class A drug. "
  - with a VIDEO
  (BBC)

• Electronic Passports Raise Privacy Issues (washingtonpost.com)

• Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
  * 1 Customs
  * 2 Excise
  * 3 Customs and Excise
  * 4 Customs and Excise Ranks
  * 5 External links
  * 6 See also
  (Wikipedia)
• United Kingdom Customs Regulations - What Can You Bring Into the UK?
  (gouk.about.com)

• Customs Regulations and Visa Requirements
  (golondon.about.com)

• 163,000 illegal wildlife goods confiscated by British customs - August 16, 2007
  (environmentalgraffiti.com)

• Bringing pets to the UK (defra.gov.uk)
  
  
  
  
  
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  * 1 Mission
  1.1 Border security 1.2 SBInet 1.3 Focus: high-risk 1.4 Facilitating trade 1.5 Defending the border internationally 1.6 On a typical day
  * 2 Organization
  * 3 History
  3.1 U.S. Customs Service 3.2 Immigration and Naturalization Service 3.3 Reorganization (2003 to present) 3.4 Employee morale
  * 4 Equipment
  * 5 See also
  * 6 References
  * 7 External links
  (Wikipedia)

• Know Before You Go (cbp.gov)
  "As an international traveler, you should be aware of the rules for bringing items back from your trip..."
  - ex :
  Prohibited and Restricted Items
  For Non-U.S. Citizens
  
  

• Permitted and Prohibited Items - Air Travel
  * What Can I Bring?
  * Makeup, Medication, Personal Items & Special Needs Devices
  * Electronic Devices
  * Sharp Objects
  * Sporting Goods
  * Guns & Firearms
  * Tools
  * Martial Arts & Self Defense Items
  * Explosive & Flammable Materials, Disabling Chemicals & Other Dangerous Items
  * Food & Drinks
  * Other Items
  (tsa.gov)

VOCABULARY :

• Customs (answers.com)

• TRAVEL & TRANSPORT - passports, customs etc.
  (happychild.org.uk)

• VOCABULARY FOR TRAVELING - Lists + translation into Spanish
  (sk.com.br)

• Glossary of International Trade Terms (airschott.com)
  ex : CUSTOMHOUSE BROKER = "An individual or firm licensed to enter and clear goods through Customs."

• Customs (Wikipedia)
  * 1 Red and Green Channels
  * 2 See also 2.1 Customs Service by Country
  * 3 References
  * 4 External links
  

CLIPARTS :

Customs clipart and illustrations (fotosearch.com)	Customs Officer Clipart (barbspics.com)	Customs desk (passporter.com)
Customs officer (allabout.co.jp)	X-rays (img.tfd.com)	Customs Clipart (clipart.com)

LISTENING :

• Immigration and Customs (esl-lab.com)
  I. Pre-Listening Exercises
  II. Listening Exercises
  III. Post-Listening Exercises

CARTOONS :

STORIES :

• Nabbed at Customs - a true story
   "When planning a recent trip to the States to visit my mother, I thought I might bring her a saucisson as a gift..."
  (nytimes.com)

  

VIDEOS :

• Customs find snakes taped to man
  "A man has been arrested in Norway after trying to smuggle 24 reptiles into the country by taping them to his body.
  Fourteen royal pythons rolled up in socks were found taped to the man's torso and 10 geckos held in small boxes were taped to his legs."
  (BBC)

  

• Funny Canadian Customs & Excise cartoon by Richard Condie (YouTube)
  
  

• US Customs - Protecting our borders (YouTube)