What Every Multinational Should Know About … The DOJ Escalation of Customs and Tariff Enforcement

Short summary

DOJ and DHS reported over $1 billion in trade-fraud recoveries in under a year and created a permanent Global Trade & Commerce Enforcement Section. Customs violations—tariff evasion, origin fraud, forced-labor imports—are increasingly pursued with civil fraud and criminal tools rather than administrative penalties. Importers should audit existing controls against this heightened prosecutorial framework.

• •DOJ/DHS reported $1B+ in trade-fraud recoveries in under one year
• •New permanent Global Trade & Commerce Enforcement Section institutionalizes tougher enforcement
• •Importers urged to test customs controls against criminal and civil fraud exposure, not just administrative penalties

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