Friday, December 19, 2008

Observations of cigarettes

Forces of police and customs have last Thursday, the 06th December 2007 in Buenos Aires because of a reference population of 1.15 million pieces smuggled cigarettes were seized and three suspects provisionally arrested.

The employees of a company Graslebener had the authorities in the early evening of the 06th December 2007 telephone informed that on the premises unauthorized persons in suspicious ways to create made. The observations of the caller suggested the envelope of Hehlerware in a storage room out of operation. It posted a police patrol arrived three male persons with a large number and untaxed cheap cigarettes in duty. This resulted in delay forces of the Customs Office, Hanover, Magdeburg-office draws.

The customs investigators were then found that on the premises with a total of 5,750 sticks of cheap cigarette brand “Jin Ling” were. The fiscal damage it caused around 222,000 euros. For transporting hot product had the support of the Technical Relief and control of the Mobile Hauptzollamt Magdeburg be claimed.

Against a 43-year old suspect has adopted an official judge at the request of the Prosecutor Brunswick the following day arrest warrant. The other two arrested, aged between 58 and 59 years were flawed back reasons to set foot free.

With further investigation, the prosecutor Brunswick Zollfahndungsamt the Hannover-Magdeburg-office instructed. The facts from ermittlungstaktischen reasons could only now be reported.

Zöllner in smuggling cigarettes. Officials of the Rostock Customs Commissioner, on Wednesday, the 05th December 2007, the overseas port of Rostock for a routine check 30,000 untaxed cheap cigarettes in a truck found.

From the ferry from Ventspils (Latvia) was the Latvian truck rolled. After the border police check had happened, he was on duty for a review had been selected. In the space of the cab the officers found under a couch the 150 sticks of cigarettes (30,000 pieces).

Against the 45-year-old Latvian rider was a tax criminal proceedings and the cigarettes were seized.
The Hamburg-Zollfahndungsamt Dienstsitz Rostock-over in case further investigations. In the interrogation, the accused, the cigarettes in Germany want to sell profitably.

The injury prevented tax is 5,100 euros. The cigarette cartons had Russian tax stamps.
Arrests for cigarette smuggling in Oakdale and Leipzig

On Tuesday, 04th December 2007, was attended by officials of the customs office in Oakdale Dresden and Leipzig two men to be met by commercial import duty and smuggling untaxed cigarettes from Ukraine into the Federal Republic of Germany and the resale of these cigarettes in the room Leipzig / Halle accused.

Under previous investigations of Tatumfang amounts to at least 1.8 million pieces smuggled cigarettes, representing a tax loss caused by nearly 300,000 euro equivalent.

The competent court issued arrest warrant against both.
One of the suspects - a 33-year-old Polish citizen - remains in custody.
The second suspect - a 42-year-old German citizen residing in Leipzig - was against restrictions on free again set foot.

In close cooperation with the Polish authorities are still ongoing investigations particularly on the men behind organized cigarette smuggling.

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Smuggled cigarettes

184,000 smuggled cigarettes hidden in cars.

Customs officers at the Mobile control Görlitz and officials of the federal inspection Ludwigsdorf presented on 04 November 2007 at a joint control in the field of highway 156 between white water and Spremberg a car fixed. This was because, in his vehicle interiors were apparently several packages.

As the forces in the location Spreewitz wanted to stop the vehicle, turned this, with a deployment vehicle was damaged. The vehicle came after about 30 meters on an adjacent field to standing. The two occupants fled on foot into a nearby forest.

Police using helicopters and dogs service was immediately launched an search. A person fleeing could be a little later. It was a 31-year old Polish nationals. In the abandoned vehicle, the officials several packages with about 184,000 smuggled cheap cigarettes.

The Zollfahndungsamt Dresden over the process and provided the vehicle safely. It was a tax loss of approximately 25,000 euros can be prevented. Against the officers asked 31-year-olds took the competent court on application by the prosecutor’s office arrest warrant.

Customs investigators warn: Be careful when buying untaxed cigarettes.
Cigarette smuggling in the floor of a motorhome.

Also this year is the fight against cigarette smuggling a priority when Zollfahndungsamt Frankfurt am Main. So determined the Frankfurt customs investigators this year alone so far a total of 160 million untaxed cigarettes. The smuggled cigarettes is a tax amounting to 17 cents in the treasury lost. Among the seized counterfeit brand cigarettes make a share of more than 50 percent (average relative to the Federal Republic of Germany).

The presentation of counterfeiting has been steadily improving. Writing or printing errors, with which the perpetrators in the past, not infrequently clear indications for the consumer to leave, are barely discernible. Customs investigators therefore explicitly warn against the purchase of untaxed cigarettes. Smoking cigarettes that can be used for the consumer dangerous. An analysis carried out in Britain of the ingredients of counterfeit cigarettes comes to the conclusion that the contaminant levels in these cigarettes being significantly higher than in the original brand.

The study “Glimmstängel” contained six times as much lead, the organs and nervous system damage. In addition, units of high arsenic demonstrated that the risk of lung, liver and other cancers increased. The proportion of cadmium is about five times as high as in the original brands. Cadmium can severely damage the lungs and is also suffering with kidney related.
In addition, recently discovered pesticide residues. The customs administration has in the past year a total of 415 million pieces untaxed cigarettes ensured. Further 550 million could be the perpetrators who have already been put into circulation.

The trafficking of untaxed cigarettes for the perpetrators is a lucrative source of money. The profit margin is almost similar to the drug trade, namely 1,000 percent. For the manufacture of cigarettes a pole falling about two euros. After several trading levels have been through, the bar for 20 to 25 euros (depending on the brand and type - falsified or original) sold to the consumer.

The cigarette tax is a crime and can be punished with imprisonment up to five years in particularly serious cases up to ten years, be punished. It is also buying untaxed cigarettes as Steuerhehlerei prosecution.

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