Law increases penalty for smuggling crimes
Source: Portal Migalhas - 27/06/2014
President Dilma Rousseff signed on Thursday, 26, the law 13.008 / 14, which increases the penalty for smuggling crimes from 1 to 4 years of imprisonment to 2 to 5 years. The rule, published in the DOU on Friday, 27, also differentiates and better defines the crimes of embezzlement and contraband in the CP. According to the text, the penalty will be applied twice if the crimes are committed in air, sea or river transportation. Until then, the CP restricted this increase in punishment to goods smuggled by air transport.