The Specialized Agents of the General Directorate of Customs-AFIP found that a passenger from Panama wanted to enter the country with 4,650 Havana-type cigars, obviously undeclared. The verification of that quantity of cigars was verified through the scanners of the air station, but it should be noted that the passengers in question were already being monitored through the anticipated analysis of passengers, which issued an alert and thus the merchandise was reached. , which will earn the traveler a million-dollar fine.
Within the framework of risk management, the system allowed Customs -based on the analysis of variables and profiles of frequent passengers- to administer control tools occasionally to prevent the arrival of passengers who warrant exhaustive controls in Ezeiza.
Indeed, the traveler who presented the cigars had five trips abroad in one semester, all to the same destination. He always left without family or companions, he did not have a destroyed job, nor important income. He even left Argentina with a validity and returned with four.
The contraband merchandise was not declared by the man at the time of entering the country, and was discovered thanks to the non-intrusive control of the customs scanner: its total value is estimated to have increased to just over $23,000. The smuggler brought 186 packages of 25 cigars each.
Thus, under the magnifying glass of the AFIP, the infractions of the maneuver are several: on the one hand, the merchandise far exceeds the franchise of US$ 500 for income by air, for which reason it should have been declared before the consultation of customs personnel.
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However, due to the quantity and variety of it, it is discounted that he brought it with marketing fines, with which its entry through the baggage regime is, in effect, prohibited. For that reason, the cigars were sequestered and the passenger could be fined $13,671,000 under the terms of article 977 of the Customs Code.
Strictly speaking, the total value of the merchandise makes the maneuver a customs offense. In turn, the entry of this type of merchandise into the national territory with marketing fines requires the prior intervention of the National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (SENASA). These guarantees cannot be displayed by the traveler in question, which is an additional aggravating circumstance.
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