Illegal scheme calculated and suppressed

Service on counteraction of corruption of the North-Western customs administration in cooperation with the Department on struggle against economic customs offences SZOT in the region of the customs post of the Baltic customs Bronk revealed and foiled the scheme of illegal movement across the customs border of the EAEU foreign commercial vehicles (trucks).

In the result of carried out quickly-search actions established that in the period from February 20, 2020 June 3, 2020 in the region of the customs post of the Baltic customs Bronk made the import of four trucks with Russian registration marks with the changed vehicle identification number (VIN), which are under the kind of vehicles previously issued by the customs post Bronka for domestic consumption.

Specified unlawful scheme was aimed at the evasion of customs duties, fees, VAT, recycling fee, as well as for legalization of smuggled vehicles in the territory of the Russian Federation.

According to preliminary information, the damage in the form of unpaid customs payments from the illegal import of these vehicles amounts to more than 2 million rubles.

It is established that officials of the customs post of the Baltic customs Bronk systematically in the period from February 20, 2020 June 3, 2020 received bribes for the absence of customs control of tractors for the completion of the customs procedure of temporary export and for the production of tractors in free circulation on the territory of the EAEU. During the period the officer received from the payer 2800 EUR (232 400 rubles).

According to the materials of the anti-corruption, North of the Saint-Petersburg investigative Department on transport of Severo-the Western Investigatory management on transport of Investigatory Committee of Russia on 10 July, 2020 in respect of officials of the customs post of the Baltic customs Bronk 4 criminal cases on signs of structure of a crime under part 3 St. 290 criminal code (bribery officer for illegal actions (inaction)).

Also according to the materials of the anti-corruption, North of the Saint-Petersburg investigative Department on transport of Severo-the Western Investigatory management on transport of Investigatory Committee of Russia on 10 July, 2020 in respect of the briber initiated 3 criminal cases on signs of structure of the crime provided by part 3 of article 291 of the criminal code (bribery official for committing obviously illegal actions (inaction)).

Currently, investigative actions aimed at establishing the circumstances, reasons and conditions of committing a crime.

Department of public relations, North