THE European Commission (EC) has released the results of
Operation "Warehouse," a major joint customs operation which it says
has prevented large losses to the budgets of the European Union and member
states with the seizure of 45 million smuggled cigarettes, 135,000 litres of
diesel fuel and 14,000 litres of vodka.
Operation Warehouse was carried out in October 2013 by
the Lithuanian Customs Service and the Lithuanian Tax Inspectorate in close
co-operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and with the
participation of all 28 EU member states.
The operation focused on road-borne cargo and targeted
the smuggling and other forms of illegal trade of excise goods such as mineral
oil, tobacco products and alcohol, throughout Europe. Eight seizures were made
during the operation.
Among these, 6.6 million cigarettes in Sweden and
Lithuania, out of a total of 45 million, 135,000 litres of diesel in Poland and
the UK and 14,000 litres of vodka in the UK alone.
According to preliminary estimates, this would have
amounted to EUR9 million (US$12.3 million) in the form of evaded customs duties
and taxes, reports Lloyd's Loading List.
Source : HKSG.
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