Customs today (1st) released the work summary for 2022, mentioning that crimes such as smuggling and drug trafficking are on the rise under the epidemic. During the year, a total of 7,148 cases were handled, a year-on-year decrease of 8%, but cases involving drug smuggling, smuggling goods and smuggling cigarettes Among them, the number of recorded drugs, the total amount of smuggled goods and the total amount of illicit cigarettes all soared by 70%, 44% and 71% respectively, but the smuggling and smuggled cigarette cases actually fell slightly by 3% and 14%, showing that "major cases" have increased , Customs also detected the largest methamphetamine smuggling case and illicit cigarette case in the history of Customs during the year.
Customs Commissioner He Peishan said that the epidemic has changed the smuggling model, and transnational and syndicated crimes have become more rampant, leading to an increase in the number of major cases. More than 10 years ago, "point-to-point" smuggling to the current detour route, no expense spared collection, making the work of customs officers more difficult.
Customs said it handled a total of 7,148 cases last year, a year-on-year decrease of 8%.
However, a total of 931 cases involving drug smuggling were recorded, a year-on-year increase of 3%, and 6.9 tons of drugs were seized, a 70% increase from the previous year, mainly involving methamphetamine and
cocaine
.
1.8 tons of liquid methamphetamine, with a total value of 1.1 billion yuan, is the largest methamphetamine case ever detected by the Customs.
He: Smuggling dispatched inland riverboats and ocean-going vessels
As for
smuggling and illicit cigarettes, the number of cases was 226 and 3,436 respectively, a decrease of 3% and 14% year-on-year, but the value of the goods involved was as high as 1.319 billion yuan and 732 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44% and 71% respectively %.
Among them, 300 million yuan of smuggled goods were seized in ocean-going vessels in October last year; 77.9 million sticks of illicit cigarettes were seized in Yuen Long in July last year, involving a value of 222 million yuan, and the tax payable amounted to 148 million yuan.
Ho Pei-shan, Commissioner of Customs, said that the epidemic has changed the smuggling model, and transnational and syndicated crimes have become more rampant, leading to an increase in the number of major cases.
For example, she pointed out that in 2020, smugglers mainly use high-speed speedboats, namely "Dafei" for smuggling; by 2021, they will switch to fishing boats and barges, and in 2022, they will switch to inland river boats. To Macau and then transship to the Mainland.
She said that after the criminals were detected by the customs officers, the criminals lost more money by the end of the year, and they used ocean-going ships to transport them to Shanghai and Tianjin, and then to Guangdong in bulk.
She also said that the mode of drug smuggling has also changed in recent years,
from "point-to-point" smuggling more than 10 years ago, to the current use of circuitous routes, not to spare the cost, such as hiding in large machinery, food or daily necessities, making customs officers' work more difficult, Assistance such as training and introduction of technology will be increased.
In intellectual property infringement cases, the Customs handled a total of 523 cases last year, a year-on-year decrease of 27%, involving 640,000 pieces of infringing goods with a total value of 180 million yuan, an increase of 9%, including the seizure of 100,000 counterfeit jerseys during the World Cup
. 50 million yuan
.
Customs also pointed out that it handled 80 online infringement cases this year, involving a value of 5.08 million yuan, which was more than 20% lower than last year.
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