A months-long probe discovered that criminals would enter container terminals and remove chassis set aside for truckers to ...

“It was a team of CBP agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport who in 2023, during a routine examination of a container made the initial discovery,” said Cheryl ...

"It was a team of CBP agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport who in 2023, during a routine examination of a container made the initial discovery," said Cheryl ...

An alleged criminal network of logistics companies, warehouses, and truckers carried out the $200 million scheme between 2023-24, officials said.

“It was a team of CBP agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport who in 2023, during a routine examination of a container made the initial discovery,” said Cheryl Davies, ...

“It was a team of CBP agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport who in 2023, during a routine examination of a container, made the initial discovery,” Davies said.

Logistic company executives, warehouse owners and truck drivers are accused of transporting shipping containers to warehouses, unloading the contraband inside and replacing it with "filler" cargo.

Jaime Ruiz, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said that the charges announced Monday involve the largest trade fraud on record at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.