Pictured: Sungang Customs officer under Shenzhen Customs seized suspected of smuggling imported cosmetics. Photo by Wei Zengxiang

On November 2, Sungang Customs, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Customs, successively investigated 5 cases of suspected smuggling of imported cosmetics. After preliminary verification, the 5 cases were all committed by the same gang. The suspect was suspected of smuggling imported cosmetics with false reports and concealed prices from 2017 to 2020, with an initial estimated value of 42.88 million. At present, the case has been criminally filed by the customs anti-smuggling department, and further investigations are underway.

Customs investigation found that the suspect registered a company overseas as the consignor, three domestic companies were registered as operating units, forged or fraudulently used a series of companies as consumer units, accepted the entrustment of the consignor, and charged high agency fees. The suspect did not make a document to declare to the customs based on the actual transaction price of the trade, but arbitrarily fabricated the price. Compared with the domestic general agent import price of cosmetics, the average under-reporting rate was more than 50%. At the same time, they used forged trade documents to declare to the customs to hide the real trade process and capital transactions. After being discovered by the customs inspection, they also used two companies to continue their illegal activities. (Wei Zengxiang/Text)

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