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OPERATION GRYPHON

First Global Customs Operation to Combat Illicit trade in Tobacco

The Threat The illicit tobacco trade is a global phenomenon that contributes to the growth of transnational organized crime, adversely impacts fair and efficient revenue collection and undermines public health and safety objectives.

The Approach To address this threat and to highlight the role of Customs in end to end supply chain security, the delegates of the 32nd Session of the WCO Enforcement Committee endorsed Operation GRYPHON, the first global Customs-centric operation tackling illicit trade in tobacco. The methodology of Operation GRYPHON was highly influenced by Project CROCODILE, a long running, highly successful regional tobacco operation developed and led by the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) Asia Pacific

Timely Initiatives The Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco products of the World Health Organization (Framework Convention on Tobacco Control) emphasizes that effective actions to prevent and combat tobacco smuggling require a comprehensive international approach and close cooperation among Countries.

Role of Customs Customs administrations for decades have confronted the complexity of illicit trade in tobacco as a core business, especially when considering the staggering loss to nation states of excise taxes and duties as a result of illegal trade in tobacco. Customs will undoubtedly play a key role in the implementation of the WHO protocol. Operation GRYPHON is a key project in support of Customs and Health objectives.

Duration of Operation The operation had a duration of 6 months (from October 2013 to March 2014).

Objectives Phase III Phase I Phase II February 2014/ March 2014 October/November 2013 Phase II December 2013/ January 2014 Identify diversion of equipment, chemicals, papers and other stores involved with the illicit production of tobacco products. Investigate abuses of Duty free diversion; Controls in ships stores (e.g. ships/aircraft/trucks/private vessels); Controls on transactions of tobacco products in free zones. Identify the smuggling of tobacco products via the Internet, the mail and the express consignments. monitoring trans-boundary shipments of tobacco products; notification of exported shipments posing a high risk of being illegal or being diverted; feedback against information received from other parties Reporting all the seizures of tobacco products

Participants Coordination   All WCO Member Customs administrations were invited to participate. Coordination Within their respective geographical region, the Regional Intelligence and Liaison Offices (RILOs) assumed the role of the Operation Coordination Unit (OCU).

Participating Member States 93 participants

Results Warning messages: 125 Feedback messages: 61 Seizure messages: 1967

Results (seizures) Latvia —Algeria —Mali Argentina Malta Bulgaria Mauritius Moldova Montenegro —Morocco Mozambique —Nicaragua New Zealand Panama Serbia Slovenia —Spain —Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan —Zimbabwe —Algeria Argentina Bulgaria Brazil Botswana Chad China —Canada —Czech Republic —Democratic Republic of the Congo Estonia Finland France Georgia —Hungary Ireland Italy —Jamaica —Jordan Lithuania

Results Very significant seizures have taken place particularly in Zimbabwe, Spain, Chile, Uruguay, Jordan, Belgium (not part of the operation), Mozambique, Thailand (under the project Crocodile) and South Africa.

Results Trans-regional diversion has been identified as a method of smuggling tobacco products. This information was determined in large part by the significant seizures made by Belgium Customs pursuant to information passed on by RILO AP; Misclassification of tobacco products has also been reported in addition to trans-regional diversion; For the aforementioned practices of misclassification and trans-regional diversion, the primary region of origin was Asia. Particularly Singapore was identified as the port of departure in many of the reported cases.

Results The operation has resulted in many seizures of relatively small quantities of tobacco products smuggled using schemes of minimal complexity (bootlegging) mostly from the Eastern European region with the intended destination of Western Europe.

Results The operation pointed out some sensitive and atypical routing: Shipments of cigarettes from Asia to Ivory Coast, then transshipped to Malaysia; Cigarettes exported from China and re-integrated into China via Vietnam; Shipments of cigarettes to conflict areas (Syria).  

Results Area I: Warning messages concerning machinery parts, raw tobacco, and tobacco flavor were sent by Cyprus, Slovenia and Ireland. Information regarding their follow-up investigations is not yet available; Area II: Free Zone Subic Bay (Philippines) was identified as a suspect area for transshipments in furtherance of illicit trade in tobacco. Other Free Zones (such as Colon in Panama) are also suspected of being exploited for illegal trade in tobacco products; Area III: The Operation thus far has shown that smuggling via postal and express carrier channels is common. Canada has reported a large number of cases in this domain.

Preliminary conclusions Operation GRYPHON has highlighted the global threat of illicit trade in tobacco to overall supply chain security, public health & safety, and revenue collection and has exposed the leadership role Customs administrations around the world take in combating the illicit trade in tobacco and tobacco products.

Preliminary conclusions (cont) Operation GRYPHON has achieved many of its objectives; current results are encouraging when considering this is the first iteration of an organized global tobacco operation. It serves as a prime example of international Customs cooperation and national level cooperation with other competent authorities.

Preliminary conclusions (cont) Operation GRYPHON also displays the important role of the RILOs as: the regional focal point for collecting and sharing of information and intelligence; a functioning “hub” for initiating Customs cooperation across continents; an essential component in Customs’ connectivity.

Seizures ZIMBABWE Seizure of: 15 930 000 Cigarettes (4 Train wagons full) Coverload: Timber, Eucalyptus Gum Poles

Seizures SPAIN Seizure of: 9.180.000 Cigarettes The container number was duplicated (using stickers). One container was filled with stones; the other container was packed with cigarettes

Seizures SPAIN Seizure of: 2.517.480 Cigarettes; The cigarettes were concealed inside machineries full of oil;

Seizures SOUTH AFRICA Seizure of: 3.700.000 Cigarettes; The cigarettes have been found in a compartment hidden in a consignment of maize; Hidden compartment

Thank you for your attention!