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What Every Multinational Should Know About … Best Practices for a Customs Disclosure in the New Tariff Environment

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Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top In the current global trade environment, importers are facing an unprecedented convergence of pressures. A sharp rise in new tariffs, the increasingly...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Trade Enforcement Expands Under the Second Trump Administration: What Importers Need to Know

In the current importing landscape where heightened tariffs are the norm, not only is more money at stake, but also more risk. Since the beginning of the second Trump Administration, the Government has made combating trade...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The Potential Impacts of the Department of Justice's Trade Fraud Task Force

In August 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force to facilitate implementation of the White House's proposed changes in its January 2025 "America First Trade Policy." ...more

White & Case LLP

Customs and Tariff Fraud Enforcement Intensifies: DOJ Wields Mix of Tools to Target Trade Violations

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As the Trump Administration’s America First trade policy and reciprocal trade agreements continue to take shape, the DOJ is gearing up for increased criminal and civil enforcement of customs and tariff violations. In the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ Expands Tariff Evasion Crackdown with Cross-Agency Task Force

On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officially announced that it is partnering with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create a new Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force. The Task Force will...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

What the Trade Needs to Know (and Do) About the DOJ’s New Trade Fraud Task Force

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of a “cross-agency” Trade Fraud Task Force “to bring robust enforcement against importers and other parties who seek to defraud the United States.” ...more

Hogan Lovells

Trade Enforcement in the Spotlight: What Vietnamese and Chinese companies - and multinationals with Asia-based supply chains -...

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The creation of the Trade Fraud Task Force represents further intensification of the Trump Administration’s focus on tariff evasion, customs fraud, and related misconduct. ...more

Fenwick & West LLP

DOJ and DHS Broaden Tariffs Enforcement with Trade Fraud Task Force

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a new Trade Fraud Task Force with broad civil and criminal authority to enforce tariffs and customs regulations. The initiative, announced on August 29, 2025, consolidates...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

DOJ Accelerates Trade Fraud Enforcement with Interagency Task Force after a Series of False Claims Act Case Resolutions

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Four recent False Claim Act (FCA) cases arising out of customs fraud allegations illustrate the announced enforcement priorities of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including prosecuting trade and customs fraud and tariff...more

Alston & Bird

Federal Government Escalates Trade Fraud Enforcement

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Our International Trade & Regulatory and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Teams discuss the new Trade Fraud Task Force formed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as...more

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DOJ’s New Trade Fraud Task Force Raises Criminal Exposure for Importers

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has identified trade and customs fraud as among a few  prioritized areas for agency investigation and prosecution. The Department announced a new inter-agency Trade Fraud Task Force on August...more

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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: September 2025

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Welcome to the September 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

Jackson Walker

DOJ Intensifies Enforcement of Immigration Violations: Adds Trade, Tariff, and Customs Fraud to Crosshairs

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a sweeping recalibration of its white-collar enforcement priorities that places trade, tariff, and customs fraud—along with corporate violations of federal immigration...more

Hogan Lovells

DOJ and DHS launch Trade Fraud Task Force: Heightened enforcement focus on tariff evasion and customs fraud

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The second Trump Administration has undertaken unprecedented changes to U.S. trade policy, highlighted by the strict enforcement of U.S. importers’ compliance with their customs obligations. On August 29, 2025, the U.S....more

Cooley LLP

Department of Justice Launches Cross-Agency Task Force to Combat Trade Fraud

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On August 29, 2025, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the formation of a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force to “identify and combat trade fraud that threatens [US] economic and national security interests.”...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

New U.S. Trade Fraud Task Force: Heightened Enforcement and Compliance Imperatives for Importers

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On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced the formation of the cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force (the “Task Force”) to target importers and...more

Mayer Brown

Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Partnering on Cross Agency Trade Fraud Task Force

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On August 29, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) launched a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force (the “Task Force”) to pursue greater enforcement against importers, foreign...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: The Trade Games Are Over – The Rise of a New Federal Trade Fraud Task Force

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Earlier this year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) identified trade fraud as a critical enforcement area, announcing a major restructuring effort in preparation for a new wave of trade-related investigations and prosecutions....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ and DHS Launch Cross-Agency Task Force to Combat Trade Fraud

On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a new cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force “to bring robust enforcement against importers and other parties who...more

Cozen O'Connor

New DOJ-DHS Trade Fraud Task Force Signals Increased Tariff and False Claims Act Enforcement

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On August 29, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the new Trade Fraud Task Force focused on robust enforcement of import laws and regulations. A partnership between the DOJ Civil and Criminal Divisions and the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

DOJ Launches Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force: What Importers and Businesses Need to Know

On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of a new Trade Fraud Task Force (“Task Force”)....more

Morgan Lewis

US Department of Justice Establishes Trade Fraud Task Force to Counter Tariff Evasion

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In late August 2025, the US Department of Justice announced the formation of a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force that will specialize in tariff-related investigations. DOJ positioned the new task force as an extension of...more

Wiley Rein LLP

DOJ Launches Trade Fraud Task Force, Ramping Up Civil and Criminal Enforcement

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the creation of an interagency Trade Fraud Task Force aimed at stepping up enforcement against tariff evasion and customs fraud. The Task Force will bring together the...more

Blank Rome LLP

DOJ and DHS Launch Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force

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1. Announcement - On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the formation of a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force (the “Task Force”) to enhance enforcement against importers and other entities...more

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DOJ Officially Launches the Trade Fraud Task Force

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ), in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on August 29, 2025, launched a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force to bolster enforcement against tariff evasion, customs...more

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