‘Mouse Seaports’ and Rogue Customs Officers: How Used Clothes Get Smuggled Into Indonesia

‘Mouse seaports’ and rogue customs officers: How used clothes get smuggled into Indonesia

It's widely believed that over 90% of the second-hand clothes sold in Indonesia are illegal imports. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Vehicles used in transportation of smuggled goods: After SRO 499 FBR can’t grant option of fine in lieu of confiscation: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court held that, following the enactment of S.R.O. 499(I)/ 2009, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), under the first proviso to Section 181 of the Customs Act, 1969, was divested of the authority to grant the option of a fine in lieu of confiscation for conveyances used in the transportation of smuggled or non-custom-paid goods. The judgment, authored by Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, said the SRO, 2009 unequivocally wit…