The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges Filed

in with weapons, they seized a halfmillion dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything, says Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, referring to the August 2011 raid on his Nashville and Memphis factories by agents from the Departments of Homeland Security and Fish Wildlife. The feds raided Gibson for using an inappropriate tariff code on wood from India, which is a violation of the antitrafficking statute known as The Lacey Act. At iss br, br,