Protecting the blue sea and blue sky of cross-border logistics

Today is the 38th International Drug Control Day. When the anti-drug police compete with drug dealers in the front line, the logistics and transportation chain is experiencing a war without smoke-international freight has become an 'invisible battlefield' for drug smuggling groups to infiltrate. A carefully falsely reported drugs and a batch of goods containing contraband will not only make the freight forwarding enterprises involved face disaster, but also involve unsuspecting enterprises in all links of the supply chain such as fleets, warehouses and customs brokers in the criminal whirlpool.

Three major industry-level hazards of drug concealment

1. Cases without exemption from legal risks: In 2022, a freight forwarder, customs broker, and warehouse involved were all included in the list of "high-risk enterprises" by the customs because a customer possessed methamphetamine! The owner of the cargo was wanted by many countries after absconding abroad.

2. Science and technology anti-drug makes crime concealment invisible. In recent years, international drug trafficking groups and smuggling organizations have constantly changed their tactics to hide contraband such as drugs, weapons and counterfeit goods in maritime Container. In order to effectively crack down on such illegal and criminal activities, major ports in China have comprehensively upgraded their inspection equipment, equipped with advanced high-energy X-ray scanning systems, and introduced AI intelligent identification technology, which can accurately identify abnormal images and automatically warn them. The customs carries out 100% unpacking inspection of suspicious Container marked by the system, while maintaining a certain proportion of random sampling inspections, and builds a dual line of defense of "intelligent screening + manual review", making it difficult for any smuggling and concealment to escape supervision.

3. One concealment destroys the business reputation for many years. The customs may revoke the AEO certification qualification of the enterprise, resulting in an extension of customs clearance TT by more than 50% and a substantial increase in customs clearance costs. European and American buyers have strict supply chain compliance requirements, and drug-related violation records will directly affect existing order execution and future cooperation opportunities.

Banks and other financial institutions may also take risk control measures such as freezing letters of credit and increasing margin ratios, and the pressure on corporate capital turnover has increased sharply. Possible consequences of concealment of other goods. Ship fires caused by dangerous goods disguised as common goods. Lithium batteries were falsely reported as toys. Fireworks and firecrackers disguised as common goods caused explosions and fires.

Case of infringing goods smuggling: Counterfeit luxury goods disguised as daily necessities, counterfeit LV bags were declared as "canvas handbags", resulting in the seizure of FCL goods by customs.

Hermes silk scarf was falsely declared as a "textile sample" and destroyed by EU customs. Electronic product infringement disguised as a fake Apple headset declared as a "mobile phone accessory" and was detained by US customs.

Counterfeit Samsung batteries are falsely reported as "electronic components", which raises safety questions. Sports brand infringement smuggling imitation Nike shoes declared as "rubber-soled cloth shoes" and were caught through by the customs. Please note: Even if you have obtained the distribution right of the brand in your own country, your genuine goods may still not be able to normally ship from EXP to the United States, the Middle East and other Country without special EXP authorization.