I am a policeman

Chapter 459
Small-scale smuggling by smuggling or ants moving has nothing to do with customs, but large-scale smuggling has nothing to do with customs.

It is certain that someone entered the water in the customs, but I don't know who this person is. Of course, it may not be one or a group. In short, there is a high possibility of a case.

"It can be confirmed that those people colluded with Lida Trading Group to carry out large-scale cigarette smuggling." Henry from the tax department asked.

As a member of the tax department, what Henry hates the most is people who evade taxes, because it is related to the performance of the tax department and his black hat.

"I don't know who those people are, but Carina Chung is a very problematic person. We investigated her expenses and found that her income and consumption are seriously inconsistent. Sometimes her monthly consumption is more than ten times her income, which is what we missed. Spend more behind your back.

Han Zhibang shared the information in his hands with everyone, and said, "This is the information of Lida Trading Group, and Chen Chaoqun, the person in charge, is very suspicious.

It's a pity that I have been following for a long time, and I haven't found out who is behind the scenes. The police force is needed for support. "

When it came to police support, everyone focused on Lei Weidong.

So after some discussion.

It was decided to carry out an operation against Xiangjiang tobacco smuggling, led by the Police Force and the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the person in charge of the specific operation was the person in charge of the operation department, Lei Weidong.

"Ah Zhen, call everyone for a meeting, and call Yazi over."

Lei Weidong, who received the task, naturally couldn't act alone, so all his subordinates were summoned, except for his confidant Li Ying and others, other departments, such as the Commercial Crime Investigation Section, Criminal Intelligence Section, Organized Crime and Triads, etc. The people from the investigation department also called over.

Because investigations into smuggling cases are different from criminal cases, there are too many departments involved, and coordination among various departments is required.

"The director gave me a task, asking our police force to sweep up the tobacco market in Xiangjiang and crack down on smuggled cigarettes. Now everyone gathers all the information on tobacco smuggling in our hands to see where we can start to get quick results.

I started with the Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Bureau, which is in charge of associations. I heard that associations are deeply involved in tobacco smuggling. Do you have any countermeasures? "

"The director is right. Almost all associations in Xiangjiang are involved in tobacco smuggling." Chief Superintendent Huang Sir of the Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Division looked at his deputy, Ma Jun, and said:
Lei Weidong, that bastard, once he arrived at the police station, he put in a lot of his cronies.

In addition to Jian Huizhen being in charge of the administration of the Operations Division, Yazi, a well-known wife, was also in charge of the Criminal Intelligence Division, and his Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Division also had exceptions. Bi arranged a deputy. Obviously, this was to take over. people in their own place.

"Is there any way to suppress it?" Lei Weidong asked.

"There are ways to suppress it. Call the head of the association to the police station, and sweep it every three days. Cigarettes are no better than washing powder. This thing needs to be sold outside.

If there are more raids, there will be less fake cigarettes on the street. "The chief superintendent of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau said in a bit of embarrassment.

"Just what?"

"Cigarettes are not as profitable as washing powder for the bosses of the society, but for the bottom, smuggled cigarettes are the basis for many people's survival.

There are at least a thousand stalls on the street that rely on smuggled cigarettes for their livelihood. If you count the transportation, storage, and distribution to the people who sell cigarettes on the street layer by layer and other intermediate links, people who rely on smuggled cigarettes for food in Xiangjiang have to pay Ten thousand.

Cracking down on smuggled cigarettes is tantamount to destroying their jobs. Unless we can give them jobs, otherwise it will be troublesome. "

"Huang sir means that although the government has lost billions or even tens of billions in tax revenue, the money has fed many low-level citizens. If we crack down on smuggling cigarettes, it will mean cutting off their jobs."

Huang sir's words reminded Lei Weidong of the news about the smuggling of milk powder in Xiangjiang in his previous life, and made many people know the term "parallel importer".

The so-called parallel goods refer to the difference in the exchange rate between RMB and Hong Kong dollar, as well as the price difference between the mainland and Xiangjiang. A large number of Xiangjiang and mainland people use the method of ants to move, carry a small amount of goods, and enter and exit multiple times from Xiangjiang to the mainland. people.

Depending on the goods, the money earned is different. Generally speaking, parallel importers can earn about HK$100 each time they transfer goods. The main reason is that the goods they transport are not many and do not need to pay customs duties.

100 yuan is not much for rich people, not enough for cigarettes, but for many poor people, it is several days of living expenses.

In Hong Kong, there are many parallel importers. There are more than 2 parallel importers active in various ports of Hong Kong and Shenzhen every day. Among them are freelancers, truck drivers, independent tourists, cross-border students, retirees, and housewives. .

There are also consignors who personally bring the goods and sell parallel imports.

According to customs statistics, 95% of the daily commuters at the entrance and exit are normal passengers. On the contrary, as many as 95% of the daily commuters are parallel importers.

As for the products they carry, there are all kinds of them.

Tobacco is only one of the few items, because Xiangjiang law stipulates that you have to pay tax if you carry more than 20 cigarettes with you, that is, a pack of cigarettes. People mainly carry lobsters, New Year’s goods and pork cameras, handbags, Yakult, iPhones, tablets, and milk powder.

Among them, milk powder has the greatest impact.

Because this item is a consumer product with a shelf life, it is impossible to buy too much, and it is easy to cause a shortage if it is purchased in large quantities in a short period of time.

In 2012, due to an incident that caused a shortage of milk in the mainland, parallel traders brought a large number of milk powder into the mainland. Because too much milk powder was brought to the mainland, the supply of milk powder in the Xiangjiang market began to exceed demand. In order to be able to carry more milk powder.

Some parallel importers pay 20 to 50 yuan per can to hire elders to queue up to buy milk powder at major chain stores and pharmacies.

During that time, more than a dozen people lined up outside the Mannings supermarkets in Fanling every afternoon, waiting for the new milk powder to be on the shelves at 7 or 8 pm, and they rushed to buy it immediately.

Often, milk powder is sold out within 15 minutes of being on the shelves.

The Mannings chain store in Tseung Kwan O is the same. Every night after nightfall, more than a dozen elderly people and housewives line up outside the door. The upper limit is four cans and then returned to the parallel importers until all the milk powder in the store is wiped out.

Same goes for pharmacies.

Liu Aiguo, chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Pharmacy General Chamber of Commerce, said that when milk powder suppliers purchase goods, they use the sales volume of previous years to stock up. When milk powder is snapped up by parallel importers, the milk powder is naturally out of stock.

Although there is an emergency stocking, it is really difficult for a city in Xiangjiang to supply the mainland, especially in January 2013.

Because many people in the mainland like to give milk powder as gifts during the Lunar New Year, the supply is even tighter as the year approaches.Some pharmacies took the opportunity to increase the price of Mead Johnson A+1 by more than 280% from the original price of 4 yuan to 400 yuan, and the one with the highest price will win.

This phenomenon did not come to an end until the dairy industry in the mainland recovered and milk powder was no longer in short supply. However, the term parallel importers has been remembered by many people. They also know that Xiangjiang, one of the most developed cities in the world, has many people who cannot afford food.

After all, parallel importers belong to manual labor, relying on hard work, and no one will do this unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Since this is the case, let's put it aside for a while. Besides the zero-order transportation of parallel traders, what information do you have?" Lei Weidong waved his hand, signaling for the people below to speak.

"In addition to cigarettes, there are also large-scale tobacco smuggling syndicates." Yazi raised his hand and said.

"A large tobacco smuggling group, is it Lida Trading Group?" Lei Weidong asked.

"Yes!"

Yazi nodded and said, "According to information, Lida Trading Group is suspected of smuggling cigarettes, but they don't import cigarettes from outside, but export them for domestic sale.

"Export to domestic sales, does Xiangjiang have any cigarette manufacturing companies?" Lei Weidong asked.

Lei Weidong is no stranger to the term export to domestic sales. There are too many such things happening in the Mainland, especially in the 90s, when the state provided a large amount of subsidies for exports, and fake exports to cheat subsidies became a common phenomenon.

"Although Xiangjiang does not have a cigarette production company, as the busiest port in Asia, too many goods are transshipped here every day, and cigarettes are the same."

Yazi explained: "Lida Trading Group is a company engaged in cigarette agency trade, that is, it is an agent for the export of different brands of cigarettes in the Mainland.

They first obtained the documents of the importing region, and then bought tax-free cigarettes from the tobacco company in Xiangjiang with the documents. Of course, these cigarettes must be exported and cannot be sold in Xiangjiang.

Because Xiangjiang has a high tax on cigarettes, all cigarettes sold in Xiangjiang have to pay taxes first, a pack of 38 yuan, which means that a pack of cigarettes on the market costs 57 yuan.

38 yuan is the government tax, and the remaining 19 yuan is the production cost of cigarettes, transportation costs, and the profits of agents at all levels. "

"Yazi, you mean to say that Lida Trading Group's cigarettes are not exported, but exported for domestic sales."

"It's possible!" Yazi nodded and said, "According to the information, the price of cigarettes priced at 57 yuan is [-] yuan a box for the Lida Trading Group from the tobacco company.

It can’t be too high, and if it is too high, no one will buy it. After all, not only cigarettes are produced in the mainland, but Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia also have cigarette manufacturers.

After getting the cigarettes, the Lida Trading Group did not export all the cigarettes, but entered the black market.

just now!

The wholesale price of 57 yuan cigarettes on the black market is 30 yuan, which means that if the cigarettes in the hands of the Lida Trading Group enter the black market, they will make nearly twice the profit, which is more than real estate and stock speculation. "

"Although the double profit is high, the tax bureau is not a vegetarian. Can you just watch the Lida Trading Group make money?" Hearing that 57 yuan of cigarettes can be bought for [-] yuan, Ma Jun, who has smoked high-priced cigarettes for more than ten years, could not bear it. Can't stop complaining.

"Isn't this a zero-order smuggling, so nobody cares?"

"Of course someone is in charge." Yazi continued, "Import and export trade is the scope of the customs' responsibility, and the export of cigarettes purchased by the Lida Trading Group is closely watched by the Customs, who will send people to the warehouse of the Lida Trading Group for inspection from time to time.

It's just that there are policies above and countermeasures below.

The profit of exporting to domestic sales is so high. In order to make money, a few customs officers were bought to get the timetable of customs inspection, and to prepare in advance during the inspection.

As for the export, it goes without saying.

The method of stealing the goods is adopted. When the report is made, it is said that the container contains cigarettes for export, but in fact it is not. As for the customer not receiving the goods after export, it is not important, and it is easy to handle.

As for the cigarettes that are not exported, they become black smoke and enter the black market.

As for the laundering of the money earned from selling black smoke, it is easy.

Xiangjiang is one of the largest foreign exchange markets in the world. Money can enter foreign countries through the foreign exchange market, and then transfer it back from abroad in the name of payment for goods.

Because the money earned from exporting cigarettes is reasonable and legal, no one will investigate.

"In this way, if you check the container, you will be exposed. Could it be possible to cover up the sky with one hand?" Li Ying asked, raising his hand.

"You can't cover the sky with one hand, but you can hide it from the sky." Yazi said,
"According to the intelligence, the ICAC inspected the container of the Lida Trading Group, but nothing was found. The container contained cigarettes.

This is no surprise!

Lida Trading Group can't transfer all the cigarettes to domestic sales even if it is just a show.

In addition, the Lida Trading Group has an inside line at the customs, and the ICAC has just been dispatched, and the Lida Trading Group has received the news and made preparations to fill in the loopholes in advance.

more importantly.

Even if there were no cigarettes during the inspection, Lida Trading Group did not break the law, because it was illegal as long as the goods were not on board, and they only needed to add tobacco.

Lida Trading Group has been in the tobacco industry for many years, and it can be said that it has seen everything, and it is not easy to catch them. "

"The ICAC can't catch the case because their handling of the case is too gentle. If you show the courage to defeat the money empire back then, not to mention one Lida trading group, even ten Lida trading groups can't stand it."

Lei Weidong shook his head and said.

"The current ICAC commissioner is far worse than before. Back then, the ICAC staff blocked Lei Le in the toilet."

"Back then, the ICAC had the support of the Governor of Hong Kong, so it was not afraid of anything. Now the ICAC is an ordinary institution, so it is natural to be more careful in doing things."

Yazi shrugged and continued, "According to information, although the legal person of Lida Trading Group is Chen Chaoqun, but this person doesn't care about things, he is probably a puppet, used to top the tank when something goes wrong.

Even the entire Lida Trading Group is a shell company that can be abandoned at any time. "

"Although he is a puppet, he has been a legal person for so many years. I believe he must know a lot of things." Flipping through the information handed over by Yazi, after corresponding to the information given by the ICAC, Lei Weidong patted the table and said loudly:
"Keep an eye on Chen Chaoqun and Xu Zhiyao, Chief Financial Officer of Lida Trading Group. These two people are the key to solving the case. If you want to open a gap in them, you can follow the clues and catch the mastermind of the smuggling case."

(End of this chapter)