United States Treasury Department
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- Dec 17, 1886The Ghost Shipment of Charles B. LangtryA skeptical investigation into a mysterious opium shipment highlights the rampant corruption and 'Inspector Afloat' complacency haunting the Alaska-Seattle steamship route.Seattle, WA
- Aug 24, 1892The Border Drawn Through the Hop FieldsFirst Nations pickers from British Columbia were crossing into Washington to bring in the hop crop. The Treasury ordered them deported — while the inspector admitted the growers could not do without them.Port Townsend, WA
- May 7, 1894The Underground Opium Trade of the Pacific NorthwestAs high tariffs threatened profits, British Columbia factories relied on smuggling to keep their product moving into the American market.Seattle, WA
- Apr 26, 1899The Great Cigar Conspiracy: Seattle Swept Up in Federal RaidFederal agents seize 12,000 counterfeit cigars in the city's tenderloin, exposing a massive fraud ring stretching from Pennsylvania to the Pacific Northwest.Seattle, WA