Source: Primeira Hora - Rondonópolis / MT - DAY TO DAY - 01/04/2010

This year alone, R $ 11 million in goods have been seized. Several products come from Paraguay, from cigarettes to electronics. From Bolivia, the largest volume is smuggled clothing

In addition to medicines, several illegal products are marketed throughout Brazil. the merchandise that comes from neighboring countries arrives in the Midwest.

Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the main smuggling routes. Several goods brought from neighboring countries enter Brazil illegally. This year alone, R $ 11 million have been seized. Products that are often used for donation or sold at auctions.

Two carts loaded with printers, two loaded with cigarettes. There are already so many apprehensions that there is no space in the Federal Revenue warehouse in Campo Grande. Electronic games, fishing rods, makeup.

With the tightening of inspection in an eastern city, the smuggling route came to the northern border and passes through Mato Grosso do Sul. From Paraguay comes various products, from cigarettes to electronics. From Bolivia, the largest volume is smuggled clothing.

In two sacoleiros buses, the inspection found thousands of pieces of clothing and pairs of shoes. The seizure was in Corumbá, on the border with Bolivia.
“Seventy percent of what is being taken irregularly. And the merchandise leaves at night, at a time to circumvent the inspection ”, says Sergeant of the Border Operations Department of Mato Grosso do Sul, Luiz Padilha.

Last year, the products seized in Mato Grosso do Sul were valued at R $ 61 million. In the first two months of this year there are already 11 million in products. During the recording of the report, we saw that the Federal Highway Police is unloading more products seized on BR 163.

The smuggling destination is informal markets in the Midwest, South and Southeast of Brazil. The volume of seizures in the first two months of this year is already three times higher than last year. The low price of the dollar is one of the factors that contributed to the increase in smuggling and embezzlement.

Interpol data estimates that the pirate market in the world moves more than $ 550 billion. Here in Brazil, R $ 30 billion.