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KEEPING YOU INFORMED | | | |
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| | Issue | | 719 | | 08 September 2023 |
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|  | | | Man faces jail following Customs investigations into online exploitation | | Customs investigations have resulted in jail time for a man involved in the online exploitation of children.
A 20 year-old Warkworth man has been sentenced at North Shore District Court today to 30 months' imprisonment for exporting, distributing and possessing child sexual abuse materials. | | | |
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|  | | | Further sentences handed down in multi-million drug smuggling case | | Two members of an Auckland family drug smuggling enterprise were recently sentenced with one receiving more than five years' jail time. | | | |
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|  | | | Beware of new telephone scam | | Customs is aware of a telephone scammer impersonating Customs staff and making unsolicited calls to ask people for money they claim is owed. If you receive such a call please note the details and report it to Netsafe. | | | |
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|  | | | Malo e lelei! It's Tongan Language Week | | Customs is celebrating Tongan Language Week in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Read more from a member of our Tongan community.
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|  | | | Customs investigation leads to jail time for Auckland man |
| | A Customs investigation resulted in a four year ten month jail sentence for a 39-year-old Auckland man, who was found guilty of 16 charges of possessing, importing, exporting, distributing and making objectionable materials. | | | |
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|  | | | Reminder: Customs Goods Fees are changing on 1 October 2023 | | Customs' goods fees will be adjusted for inflation on 1 October 2023. A table of the fees to apply from 1 October 2023 is on Customs' website. | | | |
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|  | | | European supply chain update | | Three years after the COVID-19 outbreak, supply chain issues are, at least in part, resolved in Europe.
Read the latest update from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. | | | |
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|  | | | Intellectual Property Rights | | Updates to trademark and copyright notices have been accepted by Customs.
For more information on IPRs, email IPRnotices@customs.govt.nz.
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|  | | | Tariff Concession Notices | | A tariff concession removes the tariff duty that would be payable for certain goods.
Tariff Concession Approval and Advertisement Notices 31 are now available. | | | |
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