Risk Management
THE VIGILANT VIGIL – 35th EDITION
Welcome, visitor, to the Vigil. Here you will find a summation of current global trade changes and regulatory updates. We aim to deliver helpful insights in a timely and relevant manner, to help you remain vigilant in an ever-evolving trade environment. Vigil Viewpoint: DUTY CALLS! The First Duty of Society Is Justice… and Other…
THE VIGILANT VIGIL – 34th EDITION
Welcome, visitor, to the Vigil. Here you will find a summation of current global trade changes and regulatory updates. We aim to deliver helpful insights in a timely and relevant manner, to help you remain vigilant in an ever-evolving trade environment. Vigil Viewpoint: THE ART OF COMPLIANCE Or why I keep painting myself into…
What Strong C-TPAT Compliance Really Looks Like
Your supply chain is only as secure as the policy you can prove you follow. That single idea separates companies that thrive under C-TPAT from those that stumble at validation. At Vigilant Global Trade Services, we help importers, exporters, and logistics partners build supply chain security programs that work in the real world. As Martin…
THE VIGILANT VIGIL – 33rd EDITION
Welcome, visitor, to the Vigil. Here you will find a summation of current global trade changes and regulatory updates. We aim to deliver helpful insights in a timely and relevant manner, to help you remain vigilant in an ever-evolving trade environment. Vigil Viewpoint: THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE… AND IT HAS RECEIPTS What happens…
THE VIGILANT VIGIL – 32nd EDITION
Welcome, visitor, to the Vigil. Here you will find a summation of current global trade changes and regulatory updates. We aim to deliver helpful insights in a timely and relevant manner, to help you remain vigilant in an ever-evolving trade environment. Vigil Viewpoint: THE HENNESSY FAMILY TREE AND THE CUSTOMS AUDIT When a good…
The Soundtrack of TCSS 2026: We’re All in This Together… Aren’t We?
Reflections and Key Takeaways from the 2026 CBP Trade and Cargo Security Summit By Jamie Adams Every conference seems to develop its own theme. Sometimes that theme is deliberate, carefully crafted by the organizers and repeated throughout the event. Other times, it emerges organically as speakers approach different subjects but repeatedly arrive at the same…
THE VIGILANT VIGIL – 24th EDITION
Welcome, visitor, to the Vigil. Here you will find a summation of current global trade changes and regulatory updates. We aim to deliver helpful insights in a timely and relevant manner, to help you remain vigilant in an ever-evolving trade environment. The Editing Director (T.E.D.)’s Foreword: KNOW YOUR… EVERYTHING? For more than…
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: It May Be Time to Redefine KYC
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: It May Be Time to Redefine KYC For more than 30 years, one concept has been drilled into my head as an export compliance professional: Know Your Customer (KYC). Know who you are selling to. Know where the product is going. Know the ultimate consignee and end user. Know what they…