Banned and smuggled goods find every way into Vietnam

SGGPO June 7, 2023 20:16

The General Department of Customs informed that the situation of smuggling of prohibited and contraband goods is still complicated and painful. Besides valuable and profitable items, currently, smuggled chickens, ivory, rhino horns... are finding their way into the domestic market.

Banned and smuggled goods find every way into Vietnam

Banned and smuggled goods find every way into Vietnam photo 1

Squadron 3 - Anti-smuggling Investigation Department inspected and discovered a ship disguised as a seafood ship illegally transporting 280,000 liters of FO oil in Vung Tau waters.

According to information from the General Department of Customs, smuggling and illegal transportation of goods across the Vietnam - Laos land border (poultry, sugar, forest products, wildlife, tobacco, etc.) and across the Vietnam - Cambodia land border (drugs, firecrackers, gold, cigarettes, foreign currency, food, etc.) into the provinces of Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Long An , Dong Thap, An Giang, and Kien Giang are extremely complicated.

The transportation of goods sent to bonded warehouses (HCMC, Ba Ria - Vung Tau , Binh Duong, Dong Nai) in transit to China and Cambodia continues to pose risks of swapping and smuggling into the domestic market.

On the sea route, smugglers and illegal cross-border transporters focus on high-profit items such as: gasoline, coal, minerals, used electronics and refrigeration, scrap, frozen goods, poultry...

The subjects have used many sophisticated tricks, new tactics, and organized activities such as: disguising ships carrying smuggled goods as fishing vessels, reinforcing tanks on vehicles entering and exiting the country to cover up the illegal buying, selling, and transporting of smuggled goods...

“In particular, wildlife products such as ivory and rhino horn tend to shift from seaports in the Southern and Central regions to Northern provinces such as Hai Phong and Quang Ninh,” the report said.

Banned and smuggled goods find every way into Vietnam, photo 2

A shipment of more than 7 tons of ivory smuggled into Vietnam through Hai Phong port was discovered by customs.

On air routes, taking advantage of regulations on tax exemption for passengers entering and exiting the country, the development of e-commerce, express delivery methods, cargo and baggage consignment services, etc., domestic and foreign subjects have connected and colluded to form smuggling rings, trade fraud, and illegal transportation of goods and currency through international airports.

Along with that, the situation of drug trafficking and transportation into Vietnam is still painfully happening by road, sea and air.

According to the General Department of Customs, in the first 5 months of 2023, the customs force has detected, arrested and handled 6,540 cases, with an estimated value of infringing goods of VND 2,119.8 billion. The customs agency has prosecuted 12 cases and transferred 59 cases to other agencies for prosecution. The amount collected for the state budget: VND 287.9 billion.

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