TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 16, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said this week that it is creating a new global trade enforcement section of its National Fraud Division to investigate and prosecute criminal import, trade and customs fraud offenses. The new approach is a shift from pursuing administrative fines for such violations, Reuters reports. According to the DOJ, the mission of the section will be to investigate and prosecute criminal schemes to import goods illegally that violate U.S. product safety and anti-forced labor laws or misreport import values and other information to evade tariffs.