Do we have security risks at Moldovan-Ukrainian border and Transnistrian segment or not: Customs head's response

Chisinau, April 11 /MOLDPRES/- On the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, the Customs Service carries out its work at the customs posts. Thus, all goods and means of transport are subject to customs control. As far as the Transnistrian segment is concerned, the control of goods and merchandise is carried out at the internal customs posts and the control is also carried out by the patrols of the Mobile Teams of the Customs Service. The clarifications were made by the head of the Customs Service, Igor Talmazan, in an exclusive interview with MOLDPRES State News Agency. (http://www.moldpres.md/news/2023/04/07/23002857).

Talmazan said that the activity of the Mobile Team Section of the Customs Fraud Investigation Directorate, Anti-Fraud and Compliance Department is aimed at detecting, in the second line of control, the means of transport involved in the illicit traffic of goods, the aim being to combat the smuggling phenomenon that affects the degree collection of budget revenues. In 2022, 352 cases of illegally transported goods were registered. The object of the contravention is clothing, car parts, food products, electronic cigarettes, household appliances, TV, tablets, mobile phones, cosmetics, footwear, electric pumps, chainsaws, bed linen, cigarettes, car parts, ethyl alcohol and goods of wide consumption. The customs value of the detected goods is estimated at around 25 million lei, he said.

At the same time, during the reference period, 478 sanctioning decisions were adopted and the amount of fine collected is over 998 thousand lei. At the same time, the Mobile Teams Section of the Customs Service sent to the State Fiscal Service 172 consignments of goods previously detained, worth 9.5 million lei.

"Also, last year, nine car parks were identified, and as a result of the checks initiated at them, 84 notifications were registered regarding the detection of partially dismantled transport units with registration numbers, which were previously introduced into the country with the obligation to be removed within 180 days", concluded Talmazan. The Risk Analysis Department analyzes transactions and identifies those with an increased risk of defrauding the legislation, and the Subsequent Control Department intervenes with checks to detect irregularities. All of these subdivisions are part of the Anti-Fraud and Compliance Department.