רעאַל-צייט סייכל וועקסל פירט צו פאַרהיטונג פון זיבן מיליאָן סיגאַרעטטעס בייַ אי.יו. פונדרויסנדיק ברעג

Border agencies seized more than seven million cigarettes during a Joint Border Control Operation (JBCO) co-ordinated by the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) in co-operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

The JBCO, codenamed JANUS, ran between May and June 2018 and prompted border agencies from the participating countries (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine) to instantaneously share intelligence on suspicious consignments mainly transported by road in commercial trucks and trailers.

Goods were either physically checked or examined with the help of x-ray machines. As a result, border agencies discovered several large cargos of cigarettes which had been smuggled from Moldova or Ukraine into the European Union.

OLAF provided participants with access to its Virtual Operation Coordination Unit, a secure communication system facilitating intelligence exchange on shipments in real time.

The timely transfer of information played a major role in this operation, helping partners not only track the suspicious shipments, but also uncover the fraudsters' modus operandi.

"Cigarette smuggling harms European citizens and funds organized crime," OLAF Director-General Ville Itälä said. "Only by working together in joint operations such as this one can we stop traffickers and dismantle criminal networks," he added.

The final results of JBCO JANUS were shared during a debriefing meeting held in Odessa, Ukraine, on 17 October 2018, in the framework of Task Force Tobacco, the EUBAM platform aimed at strengthening the fight against cigarettes smuggling.

אַדווערטייזמאַנט

“EUBAM continues its efforts aimed at preventing and fighting cross border crime in the region. By tackling illicit trade in tobacco products, JBCO JANUS proved once again how beneficial the international cooperation is in this field,” said Slawomir Pichor, the head of the EUBAM Mission. “I want to thank OLAF, for being EUBAM’s key partner in coordinating this operation, as well as the five EU member states and to the Moldovan and Ukrainian border agencies for replying positively to this common attempt to fight cigarette smuggling in the region,” he added.

OLAF מיסיע, מאַנדאַט און קאָמפּעטענסיעס:

אָלאַף ס מיסיע איז צו דעטעקט, ויספאָרשן און האַלטן שווינדל מיט אי.יו. געלט.

OLAF fulfils its mission by carrying out independent investigations into fraud and corruption involving EU funds, so as to ensure that all EU taxpayers’ money reaches projects that can create jobs and growth in Europe:

• Contributing to strengthening citizens’ trust in the EU Institutions by investigating serious misconduct by EU staff and members of the EU institutions, and;
• דעוועלאָפּינג אַ געזונט אי.יו. אַנטי-שווינדל פּאָליטיק.

אין זייַן פרייַ ינוועסטאַגייטיוו פֿונקציע, אָלאַף קענען דורכפירן ענינים, וואָס שייַערן צו שווינדל, קאָרופּציע און אנדערע עבירות וואָס ווירקן די אי.יו. פינאַנציעל אינטערעסן וועגן:

• אַלע אי.יו. העצאָע: די הויפּט ספּענדינג קאַטעגאָריעס זענען סטראַקטשעראַל פאַנדז, לאַנדווירטשאַפטלעך פּאָליטיק און דאָרפיש אַנטוויקלונג געלט, דירעקט העצאָע און פונדרויסנדיק הילף;
• some areas of EU revenue, mainly customs duties,  and;
• סאַספּעקס פון ערנסט מיסקאָנדוקט דורך אי.יו. שטעקן און מיטגלידער פון די אי.יו. אינסטיטוציעס.

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