Experts call for containment of tax losses caused by occupational water passenger smuggling

Newspaper reporter Cai Red now, there are such a group of people, they are mixed in hundreds of thousands of passenger flow, frequent daily exchanges in Shenzhen, Gongbei each port, carrying a number of goods turnover, less than 3 to 5 times, more than 10 times, the most day up to more than 50, this group of people are called "water passenger." According to customs estimates, daily shuttle in Hong Kong and Guangdong, Guangdong and Macao professional "water passenger" up to 8000 people.　　The rampant smuggling of "water passengers" is evident.　　"Water passenger" smuggling is the professionalization of the "water passenger" refers to the employment of smuggling groups, to earn "with work costs" for the purpose of frequent exchanges between Hong Kong and Guangdong, Guangdong and Macao, through the travel inspection channels, such as the tax-related goods or the state prohibited, restricted turnover of goods, carry, transport turnover personnel. According to the introduction, the current "water passenger" smuggling has shown a group, professionalism, the characteristics of the gang, professional "water passenger" in the smuggling gangs under the control of the "ant move" type of smuggling, its nature almost equivalent to organized smuggling.　　And these professional "water passenger" scale and smuggling means has been from the original individual behavior, gradually developed into a group, intelligent, well-organized smuggling gangs. From the Customs and border control departments grasp the situation, the current "water passenger" group is very large, if the average per person turnover of 3 times per day, 8,000 "water passenger" daily turnover record of 24000 people.　　At the same time, there are quite a number of "water passengers" through-train entry and exit. Occupational "water passenger" gang smuggling chain has been formed and at present in Shenzhen, Zhuhai Border port area an invisible professional "water passenger" gang smuggling chain has been formed. According to Customs anti-smuggling department, "water passenger" smuggling activities usually include five links and three stages. Five links are divided into suppliers, "water passenger" head, "water passenger", adjacent to the port collection point, the domestic consignee. Three stages in the overseas organization of sourcing and "piecemeal", "water passenger" "Ant move" smuggling clearance, the territory of "fragmented" sales profit.　　The entire smuggling process is orderly and clearly defined. Customs clearance, "water guests" more use of personal concealment, carry-on or baggage shipments, the use of two places licensing car steal, and even the use of disabled people, the elderly, pregnant women and minors and other special groups smuggling, hidden strong.　　In recent years, through customs seized cases found that "water passenger" smuggling gangs also began to appear "to see the Aquarium", on the one hand, supervision, handover situation and customs officers, smuggling police dynamic peep, on the other hand, "water guest" gang members to monitor.　　"Water passenger" smuggled goods mainly for small size, value, high technology or brand value, market tight taxable goods, such as High-tech electronic products, brand-name clothing and jewelry, nutritional health products, medical supplies, high-grade high tax food, in addition, also includes drugs, currency, obscene pirated optical discs and other non-tax items. And a large number of Sihuo through the "water passenger" smuggling, after the centralized distribution, in the surrounding areas to form a market and flow to the mainland. According to the investigation, after the Shenzhen Luohu, Huanggang and other ports smuggled into the mobile phone, computer chips, hard drives, motherboards and other high value powerSub-products, the vast majority of Shenzhen through some of the large electronic market to the country, which now has become the largest smuggling of electronic products wholesale market.　　In Beijing, Shenyang and other inland Customs anti-smuggling Bureau to prosecute the smuggling of electronic products, the goods involved are mostly from these markets.　　"Water passenger" smuggling to a large number of national tax loss of "water passenger" smuggling not only damage the national foreign Trade control, resulting in a large loss of national tax, while causing unfair competition in the market, undermining the market economy order in the mainland. August 5 This year, Gongbei customs under the unified command and coordination of the General administration of customs, in Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai at the same time to carry out operations, the suspected use of "water passenger" and express channel smuggling of 4 of the companies involved in the seizure, successfully destroyed 3 of the interconnected and separate operation of the "water passenger" smuggling ring. After investigation, from 2008 to 2010 July, the above groups to "move Ants" way from Hong Kong, Macao through Shenzhen, Gongbei port to the mainland smuggling high-value electronic products, and from Zhuhai, Shenzhen shipped to all parts of the country sales profit. After preliminary verification, the value of the goods involved amounted to about 680 million yuan, suspected evasion tax more than 100 million yuan.　　At present, the Customs and Excise Department has carried on the investigation to 3 cases of the gang involved, criminal suspects 21. In addition, "water passenger" carrying the overseas untested drugs, food, daily necessities into the sales, the consumer's health poses a serious threat. Frequent turnover of "water passenger" every day affects the normal entry and exit order of the port and damages the external image of the country. Some of the "water passengers" gang group, violent resistance to law enforcement disrupted the social order.　　"Water passenger" steal currency turnover, facilitate the underground bank "money laundering" crime, disrupting the national financial management order. "Ant move" type smuggling or be written into the criminal law so rampant "water passenger" "Ant move" type of smuggling to the national tax brings huge losses. The first problem that the Customs has encountered in combating "water passenger" smuggling is that the law lags behind. According to the existing law, the Customs and Excise department can only fine the administrative cases or confiscate the smuggled goods, so many "water passengers" take advantage of this legal loophole and smuggle them through legal channels.　　"Water passenger" is caught one or two times also does not matter, in order to make up for the loss, will continue to participate in smuggling, resulting in repeatedly playing the situation. Wu Hongyao, an associate professor at the Institute of Law and Order, said that in view of the increasingly rampant phenomenon of "water passenger" smuggling, we should strengthen the concept of joint law enforcement between the frontier and Customs departments, establish the basic information sharing system for entry and exit personnel, and set up a system for frequent entry and exit personnel, and　　In the case of scientific and technological conditions, even through technical means, the daily continuous entry and exit over a certain number of people from the normal flow of passengers separated, to facilitate the Customs Department to check. In addition, the "water passenger" smuggling management and combat must start from both ends of the benefit chain, increase the "water passenger" smuggling "upstream" and "downstream" of the crackdown. This involves not only the customs authorities in Hong Kong and the mainlandCooperation issues, but also related to the customs department and local Industry and commerce, public security departments of cooperation.　　Therefore, with the increasing frequency of border trade between Hong Kong and the mainland, it is necessary to establish an integrated coordinating command body to effectively combat the organizers and sellers of the "water passenger" smuggling activities.　　There are also legal professionals who believe that to fundamentally curb the phenomenon of "water passenger" flooding is necessary to improve laws and regulations, to increase the "water passenger" gang criminal attack and High-profile detection, for many times the typical "water passenger", should be given criminal penalties, with high pressure situation to curb the rampant smuggling momentum. It is understood that August 23 this year, the ninth National People's Congress of the 16th meeting of the first review of the Criminal Law Amendment (eight) draft. The draft amended the crime of smuggling ordinary goods and articles, and made it clear that the "ant move" type of smuggling was a crime. In the future, with the continuous improvement of the legal system, the "water passenger" smuggling difficult to contain the situation or will be changed.