Tag: combating smuggling

Federal Revenue released inspection report

FIGHT AGAINST ILLICITES

Throughout 2014, 3.110 surveillance and repression operations against smuggling and embezzlement, activities that aim to prevent the commission of illicit acts and their fight against the practice of conduct.

This total represented an increase of 3,70% compared to 2013.
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. In Rio Grande do Sul, goods worth R $ 93,7 million were seized (cigarettes R $ 42 million, pesticides R $ 574 thousand, and beverages R $ 1,96 million, among other items).

Among the seized goods, there are counterfeit, toxic, medication and other sensitive products, including weapons and ammunition, which have great harmful potential.

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Source: Diário da Manhã Pelotas (16/02)

 

Revenue will tighten the siege against orders from abroad

matter post officeFederal Revenue and Post Office are working on two systems - one from the tax authorities and the other from the postal service - that communicate with each other, to increase the inspection of remittances that arrive from abroad. The changes should start in the second semester and, for the time being, most of this inspection is carried out by sampling.

Even before changes in inspection, the consumer must pay attention to the collection of taxes before placing orders from abroad. This is because advantages such as cheaper goods and free shipping can end up being expensive, since the supposed tax exemption for products that cost up to US $ 50 is only valid for shipments from individuals to individuals.

Source: O Povo online (02/02)

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Federal Revenue seizes 50 tons of counterfeit products at the port terminal in Navegantes

The Federal Revenue seized last Tuesday (03/02) two containers with 50 tons of counterfeit products at the port terminal in Navegantes. The cargo, which came from China, is the largest ever held in the past three years. Among the goods found are shirts, cell phones, pens, glasses, optical equipment and watches. The value of the products is estimated at more than R $ 4 million.

The chief inspector of Itajaí customs, Luis Gustavo Robetti, explains that the containers were identified through the risk analysis system of the Federal Revenue. One of them had been in Portonave for 60 days awaiting the import declaration. The other arrived last week, when suspicions grew.

Source: O Sol Diário website (03/02)

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Young man is arrested with about 7 thousand packs of smuggled cigarettes

A 24-year-old man was arrested in the act carrying about seven thousand packs of smuggled cigarettes on the BR-282 in Campos Novos, in the west of Santa Catarina, this Saturday morning (24). The suspect, who was on an imported Passat, would have made the return when he saw a blitz by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) at Km 356 of the highway, at around 8 am.

The garrison noticed the escape attempt and chased the vehicle to a dirt road known as “Igrejinha”, where the approach took place. The police informed the boy that he had received the car loaded with cigarettes in Foz do Iguaçu (PR). He informed that the destination of the cargo was Lages, in the Serra Santa Catarina. The suspect also said he would leave the smuggled product at a gas station. There, a third person should pick up the cigarette.

Source: G1 website (24/01)

 

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With Rachid, Receita will seek protagonism

Jorge Rachid, new Secretary of Federal Revenue
Jorge Rachid, new Secretary of Federal Revenue

Six years after leaving office, Federal Revenue Secretary Jorge Rachid has already signaled what he intends to do with his return: recovering the role of the agency in the elaboration of tax policies and returning the focus to inspection.

Revenue officials interviewed by Valor PRO - Valor's real-time information service - and tax lawyers reported that the expectation inside and outside the agency is that, in the Rachid / Levy management, the tax authorities will once again take the lead they lost in the last years.

One of the first signs of this was given on Monday, at the press conference given by the Minister of Finance to announce an increase in taxes on fuels, cosmetics and loans.

Rachid was beside Joaquim Levy. In the latest Ministry announcements, it was rare for the Secretary of Revenue to share the table with the Minister.

Source: Valor Econômico (23/01)

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PF combats cigarette smuggling and avoids loss of almost R $ 105 million

Guaíra - The Federal Police (PF), together with the Federal Revenue Service and the Federal Highway Police Internal Affairs Unit, launched Operation Delivery yesterday morning (17). The action dismantled a criminal organization that smuggled carts loaded with cigarettes of Paraguayan origin, across the borders of Paraná and transported them to the capital of São Paulo.

Investigations began a year ago. 21 people were arrested, five weapons were seized, as well as several vehicles. Approximately 150 federal police officers, 12 servers from the Federal Revenue Service and four from the Internal Revenue Service of the Federal Highway Police served 33 Warrants of Preventive Prison and 35 Search and Seizure Warrants distributed in the states of Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo.

(Source: Umuarama Ilustrado | 18/11/2014)
 
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Siege of contraband in RJ

The Federal Highway Police seized more than R $ 2,6 million in goods smuggled in the 8th Thematic Operation to Combat Crimes against Tax Authorities and Public Health (OTEFIS). The operation was carried out in October, in Rio de Janeiro, on four federal highways: BR 101, BR 493, BR 116 and BR 040.

In five days of inspection, 60 instances of contraband were recorded. More than 21 volumes were seized, of which XNUMX were electronic equipment. The operation also resulted in the arrest of seven people. A fake driver's license was seized and a stolen vehicle was recovered.

ETCO and the National Forum to Combat Piracy and Illegality (FNCP) collaborated with the training of the 123 agents of the operation. The 8th OTEFIS also had the support of the IRS, Anvisa, local health surveillance and the US Homeland Security Investigations.

 

 What comes next

On the night of October 22, ETCO and the National Forum to Combat Piracy and Illegality (FNCP) gathered in São Paulo (SP) representatives of the 18 entities that signed the letter of commitment sent to candidates, requesting effective involvement in combating piracy, counterfeiting and smuggling. The meeting aimed to align future actions to be taken on the issue.