Customs crackdown

Mon, Feb 7th 2011, 03:42 AM

The Office of the Attorney General has warned about 20 business owners to move immediately to settle outstanding debts with the Department of Customs that total millions of dollars, Customs Comptroller Glenn Gomez has confirmed.
Gomez told The Nassau Guardian that collectively these importers owe The Bahamas government millions of dollars, with one importer alone owing roughly $2 million.
The comptroller also confirmed that former Minister of Trade and Industry Leslie Miller owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in duty.
On Friday afternoon, he said the department was in the process of calculating the exact amount Miller owes. At that point, Miller had not yet paid the full duty owed on a shipment of ...

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