smuggling

Egyptian customs thwart drug smuggling attempt

10:24 | 23/03/2023 World Customs

Egyptian customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs into the country after an English passenger drew the attention of officials at Hurghada International Airport.

Ho Chi Minh City Customs: Quick handling of backlogged goods at seaports

09:32 | 19/03/2023 Customs

VCN - In addition to the above-mentioned processed containers, at present, Cat Lai port still has 1,188 containers of scrap goods.

Identify trade fraud methods in Lang Son province

10:24 | 17/03/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - According to competent agencies, the smuggling and trade fraud methods are more sophisticated to outsmart the detection of law enforcement forces, especially trade frauds, via official quota import.

Customs nabs Kozhikode woman with gold worth Rs 1 crore hidden in undergarment

16:22 | 15/03/2023 World Customs

The Customs on Monday seized gold worth Rs 1 crore at the Calicut International Airport from a woman who was attempting to smuggle by hiding the packets inside her undergarment.

Reviewing fight against smuggling in 2022

10:56 | 25/02/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - On February 22, 2023, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance, the National Steering Committee 389 held a conference to review the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting in 2022 and set out orientations and key tasks for 2023

Noi Bai Customs detects new smuggling tricks

11:41 | 16/02/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - In the first days of 2023, Noi Bai International Airport Customs Branch arrested six passengers illegally transporting 108 taels of metal suspected to be gold exceeding the amount allowed under the law.

Hai Phong Customs Department seizes about 130 kg of African ivory

09:23 | 09/02/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - Earlier, on February 2, Hai Phong Customs Department collaborated with the local enforcement authorities to seize about 500kg of ivory.

Airline agencies asked to tighten control over smuggling by air

19:28 | 04/02/2023 Anti-Smuggling

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked agencies under its wing to strengthen inspection and supervision to promptly detect and handle smuggling by air.

Combatting smuggling at Mong Cai Border Gate

10:08 | 17/01/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - As the Standing agency of 389 Steering Committee of Mong Cai city, the Customs Enforcement Team No.1 (under Quang Ninh Customs Department) has actively grasped situation and followed leaders' directions to advise for issuing documents, programs an

Typical violations on the Northern borderline

13:37 | 07/01/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN – Misrepresenting names, quantities, types, and codes of goods and arbitrarily changing packages and labels are typical violations in the northern border area, which have been detected by the Customs authority.

Hong Kong customs busts city’s largest sea smuggling case of 2022

17:46 | 29/12/2022 World Customs

Hong Kong Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle to the Chinese mainland various goods worth HK$300 million ($38.22 million), the city’s largest sea smuggling case this year.

Smuggling across the southern border "hot" with consumer goods – Last post: Blocking and arresting many smuggling cases of foreign currency.

10:19 | 29/12/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - After a long period of silence, the illegal movement of money and foreign currency across the border has recently increased again. Many violations were discovered and caught by the Customs force at the border gate.

Taking advantage of preferential policies, smuggling containers of cigarettes

10:40 | 28/12/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - Taking advantage of the incentive and preferential policies for exports, several enterprises illegally exported cigarettes in large quantities and were promptly detected and prevented by the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department.

Smuggling of consumer goods across Southern Border increases - Part 1: Smuggled cigarettes transported from Cambodia to Vietnam rises

13:42 | 23/12/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - According to the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department under the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the trafficking and illegal transportation of goods across provinces bordering other countries take place with sophisticated tricks.

HCM City Customs requests effective control of goods in transit

09:43 | 22/12/2022 Customs

VCN - Pointing out tricks of enterprises in the field of transit of goods, HCM City Customs Department offered some solutions to strictly control this regime.