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This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering the UK.
How road transport companies and their drivers must secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.
What you can do if your goods or vehicle are seized by Border Force or HM Revenue and Customs - get your things back or disagree with a customs seizure
Leaflet explaining Border Force's legal obligations to keep children safe.
Explains how we handle data provided by financial condition supporters.
Border Force is a law enforcement command within the Home Office. We secure the UK border by carrying out immigration and customs controls for people and goods entering the UK.
How to detect basic forgeries in identity documents.
Submit a general aviation report (GAR) online if you are a pilot or carrier of a general aviation aircraft intending to travel to or from the UK.
HM Revenue and Customs and Border Force's refreshed strategy to tackle illicit tobacco.
Border Force officers have prevented an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in a lorry carrying a load of furniture.
Guidance on how ex-gratia payments are managed and resolved, and how actual and non-financial losses are assessed by UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
Border Force have made the highest number of illegal drug seizures since records began, as action at the border helps stop illegal drugs reaching the country.
Report someone who's smuggling people, goods or cash into the UK illegally
Before you sail to or from the UK, submit your voyage plan with details of your vessel, people and goods on board. Find out how to change or cancel your report.
Data on Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and HM Passport Office performance.
A people smuggler has been jailed for conspiring to bring 16 Albanian migrants to the UK with fake EU passports and fraudulent airline bookings.
Form to apply for Border Force’s civil penalty accreditation scheme for hauliers.
Form BOR1422 is used when clearing missing or delayed baggage through UK customs controls at ports or airports.
A people smuggler has been jailed after smuggling migrants, including a child, towards the UK.
What road hauliers must do when travelling to the UK, to prevent people using their vehicles to enter the UK illegally.
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