On February 22, the National Steering Committee 389 held a conference to review the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in 2022, and the direction and key tasks in 2023. The National Steering Committee 389 chaired by Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuc .

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Speaking at the conference, the permanent deputy head of the National Steering Committee 389, Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuc, commended the efforts of the 389 steering committees of ministries, branches and functional forces in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting.

At the same time, in 2023, it is necessary to put the propaganda and dissemination of laws at the forefront, in order to timely and accurately reflect the situation and the results of the fight against smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting; negative manifestations and shortcomings in the official activities of the functional forces.

At the same time, do good policy and law propaganda, mobilize people not to participate, support smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods…

The steering committee 389 of the ministries and branches continued to lead the functional forces to promote the application of science and technology in the fight against smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting; Strengthen coordination, network, share and provide information appropriate to the new situation…

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Earlier, the head of the Standing Bureau of National Steering Committee 389 Le Thanh Hai reported at the conference that the findings in 2022 led the ministries, branches, functional units, units and localities to detect and arrest 139,758 violators. an increase of 1.17% over the same period in 2021.

According to it, entities and places have detected and arrested 11,945 cases of buying, selling and transporting prohibited and contraband goods, down 17.75% from the same period in 2021; 124,121 cases of economic fraud, tax fraud, an increase of 2.36% over the same period in 2021; 3,692 cases of production, sale and transportation of counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, goods infringing intellectual property rights, a sharp increase of 56.51% over the same period in 2021.

Through inspection, detection and arrest of violators, National Steering Committee 389 officials also identified many methods and tricks used by smugglers, trade scammers and illegal movement of goods across the border…

In particular, “at the border line, the leader hires people who will familiarize themselves with the terrain, collect goods in the opposite foreign territory, wait for favorable opportunities, use appropriate means of transporting goods across the river. , streams, trails, openings, or directly transport goods through forests, hills, border trails, or tearing them apart and mixing them with official goods being transported to Vietnam,” Mr Hai said.

In the event of detection or arrest, subjects transporting prohibited goods and other goods often leave their vehicles and exhibits to escape, to avoid arrest or criminal dealings, or to vigorously resist or incite pressure against law enforcement officials to fight, rob and scatter the goods just captured.

At border crossings and seaports, people who take advantage of the establishment and management of companies and commercial contracts by legal entities register their headquarters at a false address.

In addition, the subject also used open regulations in the declaration of import and export of goods, bonded warehousing, risk management in the automatic goods clearance system, and post-customs inspection to smuggle and declare false names, quantities, types and values, fraudulent origin mixed with officially imported goods ; or breaking seals, distributing goods in transit or smuggling goods after temporary importation, re-exportation or transit of goods; or subdivide or appoint someone to transport prohibited goods, used goods, goods that do not meet the conditions and standards for importation into Vietnam.

At home, the subjects used e-commerce platforms, social networking sites, online sales applications, postal services and express delivery to manufacture, trade, transport and store goods, prohibited, contraband goods, goods of unknown origin, counterfeit goods , poor quality goods, goods infringing intellectual property rights; Use limited knowledge, psychology of foreign goods, cheap goods to mix counterfeit goods, poor quality onions, goods infringing intellectual property rights with genuine goods, tricks to sell to consumers in residential areas, rural areas…

Detailed information on the situation of smuggling and illegal transport of goods across the Vietnam-China land border, the National Steering Committee 389 said smuggling activities have decreased significantly and there are no hotspots for smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods.

The subjects mainly used the export and import procedures for commodities such as lychees, frozen foods, confectionery, agricultural products, household goods, etc. through the border gates of Quang Ninh provinces. , Lang Son, Cao Bang, Laos Cai for trade fraud, tax evasion, conditional importation of goods, goods infringing intellectual property rights,” Hai said.

As for the Vietnam-Laos border, smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods have complicated developments in late 2022; illegal trade and transportation of fireworks, explosives, cigarettes, wildlife products, sugar, cosmetics, modern medicines, precious woods, alcohol, beer, livestock, poultry, livestock commodities…crossing the border of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri…

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