Items customs is forbidden to open

Not sure if this is helpful to anyone else. Just thought it was interesting.

BTW I am now Minister Mkembe Batabata from the glorious republic of Cameroon.

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710 U.S. Customs Information

711 Customs Examination of Mail Believed to Contain Dutiable or Prohibited Articles

711.1 What Is Subject to Examination

All mail originating outside the customs territory of the United States (i.e., outside the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) is subject to customs examination, except the following: Mail addressed to ambassadors and ministers (chiefs of diplomatic missions) of foreign countries. Letter mail known to contain or believed to contain only correspondence or documents addressed to diplomatic missions or to the officers of diplomatic missions; to international organizations designated by the president as public international organizations pursuant to the International Organizations Immunities Act; and other mail addressed to such international organizations pursuant to instructions issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Mail known to contain or believed to contain only official documents addressed to officials of the U.S. government. Refer to ASM 274.94 for examination procedures to be followed for mail addressed for delivery in the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and


Comments


[8 Points] None:

I wanna see someone getting a drop address at someone's house with diplomatic immunity.

Actually, I am sure someone out there has one. DI is kind of an interesting topic.


[8 Points] poppermachine:

I want to know how bad the charge is for trying to pretend you have diplomatic immunity when you really don't.


[4 Points] sharpshooter789:

I'm an ambassador for Colombia.


[1 Points] 666fun:

Ambassadors who use DMN's, rejoice!


[0 Points] seraph77:

Neat idea, but I think in most situations, this is just adding additional scrutiny. Why is this minister from Cameroon getting mail at 123 average_joe street? This would be pretty clever to do if you were in a classy hotel for a week, but for home use, I don't think I'd go that route.