FCS of Russia: the largest number of criminal cases in the first quarter of 2020 was initiated on the fact of smuggling

652 criminal cases filed in the first quarter of 2020 the customs authorities on the basis of operational materials. Most of them – 280 criminal cases is excited on the facts of contraband of potent substances, strategic goods and resources (article 226.1 of the criminal code).

On the facts of evasion from payment of customs payments (item 194 UK the Russian Federation) opened 83 cases, on the facts of Commission of foreign exchange transactions for the remittance of funds in foreign currency or RF currency on accounts of non-residents using falsified documents (article 193.1 of the criminal code) – 49 cases; 240 cases – on the facts of the other offenses.

The results of the customs control after release of goods and other grounds on the basis of the operational customs units in the first quarter of 2020 assessed that about 5.3 billion rubles, collected in the Federal budget of more than 481 million rubles.