Baltic customs in 2019 411 filed administrative cases for violation of currency legislation in the amount of 1.7 billion rubles
Baltic customs in 2019 411 filed administrative cases for violation of currency legislation in the amount of 1.7 billion rubles
In 2019 the exchange control Department of the Baltic customs held 195 of checks of observance by participants of foreign economic activity of requirements of acts of currency legislation of the Russian Federation and acts of bodies of currency regulation.
By results of checks it was revealed 475 violations of the currency legislation. 411 initiated cases on administrative offences under article 15.25 of the Code on administrative offences of the Russian Federation for a total amount of about 1.7 billion rubles. The main share of prosecutions was associated with the violation of the terms of representation of forms of accounting and reporting.
For 2019 based on the verification activities conducted by the exchange control Department of the Baltic customs in respect of foreign trade contracts, the law enforcement units of the Baltic customs initiated 8 criminal cases under articles 193 and 193.1 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation (non-payment of funds from abroad, the withdrawal of monetary funds to accounts of non-residents using falsified documents) totaling more than 1 billion rubles. Also according to the materials of the exchange control Department of the Baltic customs of the North-Western operational customs office initiated 4 criminal cases under articles 193 and 193.1 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation totaling over $ 587 million.
With regard to the compliance with the currency legislation individuals, the Baltic customs recalls that from February 4, 2020 lump sum movement of one individual through the customs border of the Eurasian economic Union (EEU) of cash and/or monetary instruments in excess of 100 thousand dollars, along with the submission of the passenger customs Declaration, you must provide proof of the origin of these funds. As such can be used: documents issued by credit institutions when making FX transactions, withdrawing funds from the account the loan; documents confirming the conclusion of legal transactions (inheritance, gift, etc.).
Alina Schmidt,
press Secretary of the Baltic customs