
Lack of checks allows tobacco, fuel smuggling to proliferate
At a time when fuel and tobacco smuggling is rife, the authorities are reducing the number of inspections instead of increasing them, resulting in significant revenue losses for the state.
In the fuel market, there is virtually no monitoring, even though the wider gap between the taxes on diesel and heating oil provide the ideal conditions for illegal trade to flourish.
From the 27,365 inspections conducted during 2014, in the first half of this year authorities conducted just 1,702 inspections and confiscated only 60 liters of unleaded gasoline. Furthermore, the data the Finance Ministry receives from the fuel stations’ inflow-outflow systems are not checked, with officials saying the responsible agency is understaffed.
Related Posts
Men Jailed Over Tobacco Smuggling
Two lorry drivers who tried to smuggle cigarettes and tobacco into the UK through...
2 nabbed for smuggling liquor
The city police booked three persons and recovered illegal liquor and drugs from...
80 kg gold, 9 quintal silver seized in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar
The sleuths of the Commercial Tax and Good and Services Tax (CT & GST) on...
‘Buying fake goods should be criminal offence’: top Dubai cop
A top Dubai Police officer has said he supports making it illegal to purchase...