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RENZA, INC.

• Anatomy of a Drug Seizure
• July 15, 2009
• WMTA

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Anatomy of a Drug Seizure

• CBP has to distinguish the good guys from the bad
  guys
• Inadvertent acts can make you a bad guy
• Seizure Involves
• Shipper
• Carrier
• Broker
• Importer

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Anatomy of a Drug Seizure

• Possible CBP Actions
• Conveyance Seizure
• C-TPAT Suspension
• Penalty Notice Demand for Payment
• Post Incident Analysis
• These will occur simultaneously

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Anatomy of a Drug Seizure

• Purpose Post Incident Analysis (PIA)
• Who?, What?, How?
• Used to prove good security procedures (or the
  lack thereof)
• Used to reinstate C-TPAT status
• Can be used as basis for penalty mitigation

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Anatomy of a Drug Seizure

• Post Incident Analysis (PIA)
• Each party may conduct own PIA
• (Carrier, importer, shipper, broker)
• CBP will conduct its PIA(s)
• C-TPAT SCSS
• Local Port Officers
• ICE

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Anatomy of a Drug Seizure

• FAST is not the biggest C-TPAT benefit
• Seizures are expensive time consuming
• Always position your company in a defensible
  posture
• Make your company a hard target
• Make use of outside resources

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Anatomy of a Drug Seizure

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