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1 Smuggling convolution in Lithuania. National approach Tallinn 9 th June 2016

2 Trends in alcohol products sales market of Lithuania Changes in alcohol products sales market. Amount of declared excise duties Volume Amount of declared excise duties (thousand EUR) Spirts (thousand EUR) Beer (thousand EUR)

3 Seizures of the alcohol products Amount of the Alcohol products seized by the authorities of Lithuania Volume Quantity in litres 90 % of seized alcohol products is raw material for the home made alcohol products and home made strong alcohol products Share of amount of the Alcohol products seized by the authorities of Lithuania % 27% 72% Customs Police State Border Guard

4 Trends in fuel sales market of Lithuania Changes in fuel sales market. Declared excise duties Volume Qantity of benzine (thousand litres) Quantity of gazoline (thousaand litres) Declared amount of excise duties (thousand EUR)

5 Seizures of the oil products Amount of the oil products seized by the authorities of Lithuania Volume Quantity in tons Fuel control in the tanks of the vehicles crossing the border Control actions in the petroleum station for the purpose to identify composition of the fuel Disruption of various VAT fraud schemes Share of the amount of oil products seized by the authorities of Lithuania % 47% 26% Customs Police Tax Administration

6 Trends in tobacco products sales market of Lithuania Volume Changes in tobacco products retail market. Declared excise duties Volume Sales of cigattes (thousand sticks) Amount of declared excise duties (thousand EUR)

7 Seizures of tobacco products (million of sticks) Amount of cigarettes seized by the authorities of Lithuania Volume Million of sticks 82 % of seized cigarettes were produced in Belarus Share of tobacco products seized by legal authorities of Lithuania % 8% 76% Customs Police State Border Guard

8 Nielsen s Empty packs survey 45,0% 40,0% 35,0% 30,0% 41,3% Non-domestic incidence trends. Volume ,8% 34,5% 35,4% 30,8% 29,3% 29,6% 29,8% 28,2% 28,4% 25,0% 20,0% 19,7% 19,6% 15,0% 10,0% 5,0% 0,0% II Q 2010 Q 2011 Q 2011 Q Q 2012 Q Q 2013 Q Q 2014 Q Q 2015 Q Non-domestic incidence (based on number of sticks)

9 Recent observations in Modus Operandi Transit of Belorussian cigarettes in sticks. Volume and 2016 I Q 2016 (May) Seizure (assumed trafficing to MD) Transit from LT to MD Transit from BY to LT

10 Land border surveillance systems Kopgalio užkarda (119,6 km) 2007 m. - installed surveillance system - future plans In total 32 % of the external border are covered by surveillance systems According to our plans, 47 % of the external border will be covered by surveillance systems at 2017 Neringos užkarda 2009 m. (18,5 km) Vileikių užkarda (27 km) 2013 m. Plaškių užkarda 2011 m. (24,5 km) Bardinų užkarda 2006 m. (27,5 km) Viešvilės užkarda 2010 m. (30 km) Kybartų U dalis (1,9 km) Kapčiamiesčio U dalis (6 km) Švenčionių, Pavoverės užkardos (84,4 km) Lavoriškių užkarda Padvarionių užkarda G.Žagunio užkardos dalis, 2014 m. (66 km) (iš ISF 2012 m.) Tribonių užkarda (14 km) Tribonių užkarda 2007 m. (25 km) Druskininkų užkarda (19,5 km) Purvėnų užkarda (35,6 km)

11 Priorities for the activities 2016 Strengthen the control on the external EU borders Implementation of the modern systems of the supervision on the most exposed parts of the border with Belarus Modernization of infrastructure of customs posts on the external EU borders Strengthen the security of the internal EU borders Establishment of the joint cooperation centre of the state border guard service, police and customs on the internal EU border in Poland (Budzisko) Joint trainings and operations at the border with Latvia involving the state authorities of the neighboring country Enhance and develop the inter-agency cooperation (implementation of multi-tasked operation within the country) Campaigns dedicated to raise social awareness and intolerance to contraband and usage of smuggled goods

12 Thank you for your attention Vygantas Paigozinas Deputy Director General Customs Department under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

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