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CONTRABAND GOODS [1 record]

Record 1 2009-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
CONT

Canadians are willing to purchase smuggled goods because they believe it is not a "serious" crime.

CONT

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) uses a variety of methods to prevent contraband goods from entering Canada.

CONT

Had the officers, whose duty it was to guard the ports and creeks of the Isle of Man, exercised proper vigilance in counteracting the manoeuvres of those engaged in the illicit trade, such large shipments of run goods could not have escaped their observation.

OBS

Run: smuggle (guns etc).

Key term(s)
  • smuggled good
  • smuggled product
  • contraband good
  • contraband product
  • run good
  • run products
  • run product

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
CONT

Les marchandises passées en contrebande causent des pertes de revenu de plusieurs millions de dollars au gouvernement du Canada chaque année.

CONT

La perte subie par le pays ne se chiffre donc pas seulement en termes de recettes mais également en termes de devises puisque les produits passés en contrebande sont en général payés en monnaie locale.

CONT

Le volume de marchandises introduites en contrebande a été considérablement réduit, et le NCS (Service des douanes) est désormais mieux outillé pour le réduire encore davantage.

Key term(s)
  • marchandise passée en contrebande
  • produit passé en contrebande
  • bien passé en contrebande
  • biens passés en contrebande
  • produits introduits en contrebande
  • biens introduits en contrebande
  • biens de contrebande
  • bien de contrebande

Spanish

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