The history of the U.S Customs dates back to 1789. The Customs department was one of the first agencies to come to life. It is a branch of the department of treasury responsible for levying and collecting taxes on imported goods. In the early 1900's most government income was received from the Customs Service. The revenue it raises is now exceeded only by that brought in by the Internal Revenue Service. Corruption in this department …showed first 75 words of 1559 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1559 total…that many people know about, yet no one seems to be doing anything about it. It is a typically run government investigation, it takes forever, and nothing comes out of it. These investigations are ongoing. There are several people currently being investigated, so we will just have to wait and see, something tells me from past experience that a lot of these people will be swept under the rug, or be opting for early retirement.