Matulionis: we must stamp out smuggling
In an effort to crush the grey economy, the government said that it would take all measures and enforce them strictly to stamp out smuggling. Petrol, cigarettes and drugs are commonly smuggled into...
View ArticleSmuggled goods from Russia and Belarus enter Lithuanian via Latvia
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius admitted that a big amount of smuggled goods coming to Lithuanian from Russia and Belarus get to Lithuanian market via Latvia. ‘A large quantity of smuggled...
View ArticleBorder control with Latvia disbanded
After Jan. 1 just 50 border guards will be left in Lithuania’s north after the border crossing, which was opened in 2007, is dismantled. Though free travel was permitted when the country joined the...
View ArticleAchema Group owner busted with smuggling cigarettes
The main shareholder of Achemos Grupe (Achema Group) Lyda Lubiene has problems with the customs – the 55-year-old widow of late tycoon Bronislovas Lubys was busted with cigarettes without excise-duty...
View ArticleEUR 493,000 worth of hashish busted on Lithuania’s border with Latvia
Customs officers detained a large shipment of drugs close to the border with Latvia on Tuesday evening, the Customs Criminal Service said. Some 58 kilograms of the drug, which preliminary tests...
View ArticleUnmanned aircraft could have been launched in search of smuggling channels
BNS Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service says that a Lithuanian citizen who is suspected to have launched an unmanned flying apparatus over the Nemanas River to Kaliningrad last weekend was detained...
View ArticleOver 5,000 counterfeit items seized by Lithuanian customs
Lithuanian customs officers seized over 5,000 items in the first half of this year, suspected of having been produced in violation of intellectual rights. [...] The post Over 5,000 counterfeit items...
View ArticleEUR 6.7m cocaine shipment busted in sea container in Lithuanian port
Lithuanian customs officers on Friday detained a huge shipment of smuggling drugs in the port city of Klaipėda – three sacks containing a total of 116 kg of cocaine were discovered in a sea container....
View ArticleEmbassy staff member busted with smuggled cigarettes
Lithuanian customs officers have found smuggled cigarettes inside a car belonging to a foreign embassy in Lithuania, the Lithuanian Customs said on Friday. [...] The post Embassy staff member busted...
View ArticleLithuanian customs stepping up control of Latvian border for cigarette smuggling
Lithuanian customs are stepping up the control on the border with Latvia in response to the growing flows of cigarette smuggling. [...] The post Lithuanian customs stepping up control of Latvian border...
View ArticleLatvia becomes major country of origin for tobacco smuggling into Lithuania
Continued flows of cigarettes smuggling into Lithuania have highlighted a new tendency – increasing amounts of tobacco enter the country from the European Union's (EU) member-state Latvia rather than...
View ArticleLithuania’s illicit tobacco market 2nd biggest in Europe
Illicit cigarettes last year accounted for 28.3 percent of Lithuania's market of tobacco products, the second highest rate in Europe after Latvia's, according to the latest study by the international...
View ArticleLithuania could cut black market, Europol says
Flourishing black market in Lithuania can be reduced with properly chosen and implemented digital solutions, experts claim. [...] The post Lithuania could cut black market, Europol says appeared first...
View ArticleLithuanian customs seized €30m worth of smuggled goods last year
Lithuanian customs officers seized smuggled items worth over €30 million last year, according to preliminary data. [...] The post Lithuanian customs seized €30m worth of smuggled goods last year...
View ArticlePolice seize cannabis shipment worth €4m
The Lithuanian police have seized 320 kilograms of hashish with a street value of up to €4 million after carrying out an operation in Klaipėda. [...] The post Police seize cannabis shipment worth €4m...
View ArticleFour out of five illegal cigarettes in Lithuania from Belarus
Four out of five packets of smuggled cigarettes in Lithuania come from Belarus, according to a survey of used packets conducted at the end of last year by Nielsen. [...] The post Four out of five...
View ArticleTon of illegal tobacco seized from van on Polish border
On Thursday, officers of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service detained a Polish citizen who had more than a ton of raw tobacco aboard his Peugeot Boxer minivan en route from Lithuania. [...] The...
View ArticleLithuanian customs discover 16th century coins hidden in horror story book
Lithuanian customs officers discovered old silver coins hidden in a book of horror stories, the Customs Department said on Thursday. [...] The post Lithuanian customs discover 16th century coins hidden...
View ArticleLithuanian customs nab €400,000 worth of drugs on Latvian border
Lithuanian customs officers found almost €400,000 worth of psychotropic tablets hidden in a car they stopped at the border with Latvia last weekend, the Customs Criminal Service said on Thursday. To...
View ArticlePolice bust international arms smuggling ring headed by Lithuanians
Nine Lithuanian nationals have been detained during an international operation in Lithuania on the suspicion of links with terrorism and arms smuggling, in addition to another 15 Lithuanians busted in...
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