An information event on combating smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods in the first six months of 2023 was recently held in Thua Thien Hue in nine provinces and cities of the central region.

Information at the above-mentioned conference showed that smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in nine central provinces had no trouble spots and complicated cases in the first six months of this year. However, complicated smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting maneuvers occurred at times on some routes and in key areas. Of concern are the activities of trafficking and transportation of illicit goods such as heroin, synthetic drugs, methamphetamine, opium, firecrackers, explosives, foreign cigarettes, wildlife and smuggling. Illegal transportation of goods such as minerals and petroleum across land and sea borders in Thanh Hoa, Nghe Provinces of An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri tend to increase.

In the first six months of the year, the 389 community steering committees from Thanh Hoa to Quang Ngai actively cooperated with ministries, branches and central authorities to implement many solutions on management, market stabilization and social security. Sectors, armed forces, localities and local government units are stepping up propaganda, checking and strictly treating information through hotlines and press reports on the situation of smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods.

In the first six months of 2023, 10,850 violators were detected, arrested and processed in locations from Thanh Hoa to Quang Ngai, a 3% increase from the same period in 2022; Handle nearly 10,000 administrative violations, collect more than 362 billion dong and pay it off to the state budget. Prosecution: 941 cases with 1,139 accused.

Customarily, on February 8, 2023, Quang Tri Provincial Customs Police uncovered, arrested and recorded (the perpetrators and rightful owners unidentified) administrative violations of transporting imported goods without legal documents within the territory. of customs operations (1,000 kg of sugar and 1,200 packs of cigarettes) worth 32.2 million Dong. The Customs Control Team issued the decision to temporarily confiscate all infringing goods and treat them in accordance with the law.

On March 5, 2023, economic police from Da Nang City Police Station caught offender Tran Thinh (b. 1988), who resides in District 1, Dong Ha City, Quang Tri Province, as a rented van transporting 20,000 packs of contraband cigarettes on trucks with the Registration number 77H – 019.97 in Hoa Son Township, Hoa Vang District, Da Nang City. Immediately thereafter, the Economic Police Department of Da Nang City Police Department expanded investigations and investigations, and proactively coordinated with Quang Tri Provincial Police to arrest people in emergency situations for Truong Thi Hong. Urgent review of accommodations in Dong Le district, city. Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, discovered 19,900 packs of smuggled foreign cigarettes of all kinds. This is one of the special reconnaissance projects to combat professional smuggling and transportation of smuggled foreign cigarettes, inter-provincial activities and the confiscation of a particularly large number of cigarettes in the Da Nang city area . (39,900 packs of cigarettes, estimated value of nearly 1 billion dong).

On April 9, 2023, at the Chu Lai Expressway toll booth on Da Nang – Quang Ngai Expressway (Tam Hiep – Nui Thanh Municipality), drug police from Quang Nam Provincial Police Department arrested 02 people including Nguyen with other units of police in Nghe An Province Van Ninh and Huynh Khanh Trinh, for illegal trafficking and transportation of narcotics. confiscation of 05 heroin cakes weighing 1,908 kg; 7.35 grams of synthetic drugs. Such is the case with the largest quantity of drugs ever seized in Quang Nam…

According to market management forces, the activities of buying, selling, transporting and storing contraband goods, goods of unknown origin, etc. are currently being used by more and more demanding users.

The subjects often use basic methods and tricks, such as B. Cleaving, tearing, hiding infringing goods in entry and exit routes, in import, export and transit goods, etc.; transportation of infringing goods at peak times; Use lead-sealed vehicles to transport infringing goods, reinforce secret compartments and walls on vehicles to hide prohibited goods…

On the land frontier, subjects took advantage of the rugged terrain, the many paths, openings, shortcuts, rivers and streams, the kinship ties on both sides of the border, and the policies of trading goods and exchanging housing. Border residents to illegally smuggle in transporting prohibited goods such as drugs, firecrackers, foreign cigarettes, etc. across the border.

At the sea frontier, subjects took advantage of the government’s open policy of customs clearance of goods through seaports, and misrepresented the quantity, value, type, and provenance of goods… to buy and sell goods. , transportation of prohibited goods, commercial fraud, tax evasion. In addition, the subjects in the sea area use the complicated weather and the wide sea area through fishing activities and legal cargo transportation activities at sea to trade and transport prohibited goods, such as: drugs, explosives, cigarettes, wild animals. At the same time, these individuals also carried out smuggling and illegal transportation of gasoline, oil, ores, minerals, electronic goods, refrigerators, etc. through the waters of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang provinces. Binh, Da Nang, Thua Thien Hue.

In the domestic sphere, the issues are addressed through promotional activities, advertising, launch of products in the e-commerce environment, online sales applications, social networking sites to trade and consume goods, counterfeit goods, substandard goods, goods infringing intellectual property rights, treated. . or mix some of the counterfeit goods with genuine goods and take them to rural, remote and remote areas for consumption to generate illegal profits and affect consumer health and people’s production activities.