Smuggling causes loss of billions to Brazil

By ETCO
06/03/2015

A survey released on Tuesday (3), National Day to Combat Smuggling, revealed that the loss in Brazil with these illegal products reaches R $ 100 billion.

In a symbolic action, the machine grinds the swag, reduces the main theme of a research that lasted 3 years to dust. The Institute of Economic and Social Development of Borders interviewed store owners in Brazil, Paraguay and even smugglers. The result is an x-ray of this crime that employs 15 people in the border region alone.

The goods leave Cidade do Leste and enter Brazil by Foz do Iguacu and by the lake of Itaipu. From there they almost always travel by land to various regions of the country, mainly São Paulo.

Source: Globo.com (03/03)

 

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