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ETCO participates in Folha de S. Paulo Forum on smuggling

The president of ETCO - Brazilian Institute of Ethics in Competition, Evandro Guimarães, was one of the speakers at the forum Smuggling in Brazil, carried out by the newspaper Folha de S. Paul on March 18th and 19th. In a panel with lawyer Ives Gandra Martins and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Roberto Teixeira da Costa, the president of ETCO spoke about the damage caused by smuggling and the need for more effective measures to combat it. "We are tired of seeing the problem managed with words," said Guimarães.

He cited the various damages that smuggling causes to the country, such as unfair competition with companies that fulfill their obligations, the loss of tax collection, the corruption of public agents and the health risks of the population. "From 30% to 40% of disposable syringes arrive in the country illegally," he said. "Toys are sold without undergoing inspection by the organs that protect the safety of children."

The ETCO president recalled that smuggling fuels organized crime. "It is a public security problem," he said. In some segments, according to him, the high tax burden ends up making illegal trade more profitable than drug trafficking, but with lower penalties, which ends up making it even more difficult to fight it. Guimarães also complained about the Brazilian government's “lenient stance” in relation to Paraguayan smuggling, which supplies much of Brazil's consumer markets.

ETCO was one of the sponsors of the forum held by Folha de S. Paul. The summary of the debates is available at event website and the report on the panel with the participation of Evandro Guimarães can be accessed here

Smuggling in Brazil Forum - 18 and 19/03

Folha de São Paulo will hold the Smuggling Forum in Brazil on March 18th and 19th.

Follow discussions with leading experts and guests. Understand how this issue impacts the Brazilian economy and the sectors most affected and the ways to combat it.

Registration is free and places are limited. The event takes place at Teatro Tucarena (R. Monte Alegre, 1.024, Perdizes - São Paulo).

To register, call 0800 777 0360 or send an email to seminariosfolha@grupofolha.com.br, informing your name, CPF, telephone, email and dates you wish to participate.

 

Watch the full article published in the National Newspaper of 03/03 about the National Day to Combat Smuggling

Watch the full article published in the National Newspaper of 03/03 about the National Day to Combat Smuggling

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Vehicle: TV Globo - SP Publication: 03/03/2015 Program: JORNAL NACIONAL Time: 20:39 Inclusion: 03/03/2015 20:51:00 Time: 2m 35s | Combating the smuggling of goods

Coverage of the newspaper Bom dia Brasil on the National Day to Combat Smuggling

Watch the full article on the size of contraband in the country, aired on BOM DIA BRASIL on 3/03

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National Day Against Smuggling

A crime that affects all major Brazilian cities: smuggling. On the National Day to Combat Smuggling, several vehicles, including Rede Globo's Bom Dia Brasil, broadcast reports on the main figures of the criminal smuggling industry.

Cigarettes represent almost 70% of all smuggled products. And with cigarettes alone, Brazil fails to collect R $ 4,5 billion in taxes. Smuggling enters the country mainly through the Foz do Iguaçu region and is distributed to all states.

The Federal Public Ministry estimates that only between 5% and 10% of all smuggled products entering Brazil are seized. This is partly explained by the extent of our borders. The Brazilian authorities are responsible for inspecting an area that extends over 17 thousand km², passing through 11 Brazilian states and 10 countries, including Paraguay, the main supplier of smuggled goods.

The Fronteiras Institute for Economic and Social Development, which works in Foz do Iguaçu, spent seven months preparing a study. “It is organized crime, they are large gangs. Extremely specialized who take this product from here on a large scale and take it to Brazilian capitals ”, says IDESF president Luciano Stremel Barro.

Correction note: In the report aired on March 3, 2015, Bom Dia Brasil reported that Brazil fails to collect R $ 4,5 million in taxes. In fact, the value is R $ 4,5 billion. The information was corrected at 12:15 on March 3.

Illegal market worries Brazilian productive sectors

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On March 3, the National Day to Combat Smuggling is celebrated. To mark the dedicated date, the Brazilian Institute of Ethics in Competition (ETCO) and the National Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP), together with more than 20 business entities and civil society organizations, are organizing an act in defense of the Brazilian legal market.

The president of SindiTabaco, Iro Schünke, participates in the event For the end of smuggling next Tuesday (3), at 15 pm, at the Brasil 21 Convention Center, in Brasília.

On the occasion, a balance of the problem, its impacts and suggestions for solving it will be presented. In addition to members of the representative entities, the event will also count on the presence of parliamentarians, with whom the issues mentioned will be discussed, in the search for combating smuggling.

According to IBOPE intelligence data, contraband surpassed the level of 31% of the Brazilian cigarette market in 2014, figures equivalent to a tax evasion of R $ 4,5 billion to the federal government.

According to the 2014 Customs Balance released by the IRS, in the last year more than 182 million cigarette packs were seized, which corresponds to more than 3,64 billion illegal cigarettes removed from circulation. The amount seized exceeds the amount of R $ 514 million and represents 28% of the total seized by the Revenue in the year.

The total seizure of goods processed by the Federal Revenue, in the areas of inspection, repression, surveillance and control over foreign trade (including baggage), resulted in 2014, in the amount of R $ 1,80 billion, an increase of 3,70, 2013% in relation to XNUMX. Among the seized goods, there are counterfeit, toxic products, medicines and other products, including weapons and ammunition.

“The Federal Revenue Service has acted to curb illegal actions, but Brazil is large in borders and the illegal market continues to worsen. Other actions are needed to stop the problem. In addition to harming the formal organized sector, which generates income and jobs, smuggling directly damages public coffers that fail to collect with the legal product, one of the most taxed in the country, ”says Schünke.

Source: Sinditabaco

National Day Against Smuggling

Next Tuesday, March 3, ETCO participates with the FNCP, and 20 other multisectoral entities, in the National Day to Combat Smuggling.

This is an action of the Movement for the Defense of the Brazilian Legal Market, launched in September 2014, which aims, cohesively between entities and associations that suffer from similar problems, to combat practices of this type and contribute to the promotion of economic and social development. of the country.

On the 3rd, the entities will hold a press conference, in which updated data on contraband and the negative impacts that this activity brings to the country will be released. Suggestions to the Executive and Legislative that may contribute to mitigate this serious problem will also be discussed. .

 

Data: March 3, 2015 - 15 pm, in Brasilia

 

Federal Highway Police Seizes Illegal Goods

The inspection of irregular goods is one of the ways to combat smuggling, counterfeiting and tax evasion. In its annual balance sheet released on February 9, the Federal Highway Police reported having seized, during 2014, a total of 3.766.127 packages of cigarettes in the States of Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, Santa Catarina, Bahia and Rio de January. In 2013, the apprehension had been greater, totaling 6.086.022 packages.

In 2014, federal highway police intercepted 168,7 tons of marijuana (117,6 in 2013), 7,8 tons of cocaine (5,9 in 2013) and 815 kilograms of crack (1,9 tons in 2013). Weapons and ammunition of various calibers were seized preventing the supply of criminals and 24,5 people were arrested.