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by Chaebixi 3382 days ago
Now that I think of it, it might not even be the shippers doing the diversion, but Customs and Boarder Patrol:

http://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/customs-regulations/us-...:

> Tarek Morsi can almost set his calendar by the notices he gets from Customs when the agency selects a couple of his export containers for what it calls random inspections of their contents.

> HTS [Morsi's company] itself can’t perform the unpacking and repacking of its customers’ containers for inspections, because Customs picks the bonded warehouses it uses for its Customs Examination Stations.

> Another Los Angeles broker who asked not to be identified said Customs has confirmed to him that it is targeting export containers containing household goods, computers and peripherals, and used vehicles. “They are looking for illegal arms exports,” he said. Customs also may be targeting containers bound for Africa and the Middle East;