“Ukrainian manufacturers of counterfeit products have reached a new level. They tried to export 2 million packs of cigarettes to Thailand and the UAE. As reported by the press services of BEB and DPSU. Border guards, together with employees of the Bureau of Economic Security, detained three 40-foot sea containers with 2 million packs of contraband cigarettes worth UAH 165.5 million in one of the ports of “Great Odesa”. There were no cigarettes”, — write on: ua.news
Ukrainian manufacturers of counterfeit products have reached a new level. They tried to export 2 million packs of cigarettes to Thailand and the UAE.
As reported by the press services of BEB and DPSU. Border guards, together with employees of the Bureau of Economic Security, detained three 40-foot sea containers with 2 million packs of contraband cigarettes worth UAH 165.5 million in one of the ports of “Great Odesa”.
The cigarettes were without excise stamps, disguised as goods for Duty Free and, according to the labeling on the packaging, manufactured in Egypt, Portugal and Switzerland. In fact, the cigarettes were manufactured at one of the Ukrainian factories and prepared for export to Thailand and the UAE.
It was established that a group of persons bought illegally produced cigarettes during the year and further distributed them both in Ukraine and abroad through container transportation. Currently, the pre-trial investigation is ongoing. The full circle of persons involved in illegal activities is established.
Earlier, law enforcement officers seized almost 14.4 million packs of cigarettes. Only from them, more than UAH 706 million of taxes did not go to the budget.
In the Ternopil region, a criminal group was exposed that manufactured household chemicals under the brands of well-known brands. The “business” was organized by a resident of Chortkivshchyna.
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