Tag: CUSTOMS

Vladimir Putin is none too pleased with a YouTube video celebrating the glamorous lifestyles of Russia's government employees. As Reuters reports, the faux rap video was created by a group of customs officers and features many of the luxuries you'd expect most oligarchs to enjoy: champagne, expensive cars, and topless women. "You can't even imagine how the customs officials have fun," the ...

Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security promised to introduce reforms to its practice of searching laptops at U.S. Customs checkpoints, reports the Wall Street Journal. At present, policy allows checkpoint agents to randomly search the electronic devices of anyone passing through customs -- U.S. citizen or no -- without probable cause, or the traveler's permission. Powerful entities like ...

If you've ever been through customs, you're probably well aware that the kind, uniformed agents can sift through your personal belongings as they please and ask you what you've been up to, where you're headed, and just what it is you're bringing back with you. Now, with more and more travelers taking their computers with them, it's becoming more and more clear that those custom agents can look ...