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Interestingly, 31 U.S.C. § 308 states that:

The United States Customs Service, established under section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (19 U.S.C. 2071), is a service in the Department of the Treasury.

This isn't mentioned in the article. Why is that? - Ta bu shi da yu 14:38, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

US Customs is now under Department of Homeland Security.

US Customs was under Department of Treasury but is now under Department of Homeland Security(DHS).

Maybe there should be a paragraph about that since that is a significant change. 24.177.8.96 (talk) 18:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes! I actually worked under the umbrella name "The Bureau of Customs!", which is close to the name of one of its adversaries called "The Federal Bureau of Investigations". Laugh! But, in the historical sense, the "Bureau of Customs" is the older of the two! It is, in fact the reason that the Coast Guard and the old Bureau of Customs, are the oldest Federal Law Enforcement functions! Please read the Constitution of the USA, and its ammendents for more information!

It is a shame that the persons responsble for this site are so retarted/slow that they failed to mention such important facts!96.19.158.71 (talk) 21:09, 31 May 2012 (UTC)Ronald L. Hughes

Why is this such a On Going Technical problem?

News Report: FBI can't access Silk Road owner's $80 million in Bitcoins Although the FBI has seized Ross Ulbricht's Bitcoin wallet, its encryption is keeping them from funneling out its estimated $80 million contents.

By Colin Neagle, Network World October 07, 2013 10:21 AM ET 13 Comments Print inShare4 Network World - After the FBI executed an arrest warrant last week on Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind the massive online drug marketplace Silk Road, it seized about 26,000 Bitcoins, worth roughly $3.2 million, that were stored in the site's user accounts.

However, Forbes reports that the FBI has yet to decrypt Ulbricht’s personal Bitcoin stash, which reportedly dwarfs the Silk Road accounts – about 600,000 Bitcoins, worth roughly $80 million.

If the $80 million estimate that the FBI spokesperson provided to Forbes is accurate, it would mean Ulbricht controlled nearly 5% of all Bitcoins on the market.

Despite the encryption difficulties, the bureau still has control of Ulbricht’s Bitcoin wallet, meaning nobody can really access its contents. For as long as the FBI can’t crack the safe, the $80 million remains in limbo.

The report confirms not only Ulbricht’s success with Silk Road, but also his strict control over its operations. The FBI alleged in its criminal complaint that, aside from a handful of administrators he had hired, Ulbricht managed the bulk of the site on its own, including its finances.

RELATED: Meet the mane behind Silk Road, the online drug marketplace the FBI has seized

10 scary facts about Bitcoin

Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s transparency has made the FBI’s seizure of the 26,000 Silk Road users’ Bitcoins public. Based on recent activity, namely a 27,000-Bitcoin transaction conducted conveniently one day after Ulbricht’s arrest, Reddit users have identified the account into which the FBI has transferred the confiscated currency. The Bitcoin account has since been renamed “Silkroad Seized Coins” on Blockchain, the site that tracks all activity on the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin users have since taken to posting comments on the Blockchain info, according to reports.

The visibility will only make the closure of the site more painful for Silk Road users, who have no chance of re-claiming the Bitcoin they had stored on the site, the FBI spokesperson told Forbes.

“There is not likely to be restitution in this case,” she said. “If they’re knowingly buying something illegal, they can’t get their money back.”

Colin Neagle covers emerging technologies and the startup scene for Network World. Follow him on Twitter @ntwrkwrldneagle and keep up with the Microsoft, Cisco and Open Source community blogs. Colin's email address is cneagle@nww.com.

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