On June 18, the Department of Industry and Trade of Ca Mau province said that after 1 month of launching a peak period of goods inspection, from May 15 to June 15, the authorities in the province inspected 191 cases and discovered 46 cases related to trade activities, production and trading of counterfeit and prohibited goods. The most serious violations are trading in goods of unknown origin, origin, and goods counterfeiting trademarks, with a total value of the violating goods of over 6.1 billion VND.
The authorities have criminally handled 3 cases of illegal possession of drugs (the seized items included 10.370 grams of synthetic drugs in the form of crystal meth) and transportation of prohibited goods, which are smuggled cigarettes; 43 administrative violations related to the following acts: trading in prohibited goods, which are smuggled cigarettes, transporting DO oil without invoices and documents, trading in goods of unknown origin for the following items: mobile phones, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, clothes, shoes, handbags, motorbike spare parts, frozen foods... 13 cases have been handled, involving 13 subjects, administrative fines with a total amount of over 182.6 million VND, selling confiscated goods collecting 47.7 million VND, forcing the cancellation of 15.8 million VND worth of consumer goods. The total amount of money collected for the State budget is 230.3 million VND. The remaining 30 cases are being investigated, verified, and consolidated for handling according to regulations.
Mr. Nguyen Chi Thien - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, Permanent Deputy Head of the Working Group for the implementation of the peak period of the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights in Ca Mau province - commented: The subjects are constantly changing methods and tricks, from traditional transportation to taking advantage of new forms of business such as social networks, postal services, express delivery... to transport smuggled goods and counterfeit goods. On the other hand, identifying the subjects and subjects of violations in e-commerce business activities is a big challenge due to anonymousness and wide scope.
Faced with this reality, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province Pham Thanh Ngai suggested not following the movement but considering this a regular, continuous task, moving towards preventing, repelling and ending smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of people and businesses.
Chairman of Ca Mau noted that the authorities should further strengthen coordination, regularly exchange, share information, inspect, control... between agencies, units, and localities to take measures to combat and strictly and promptly handle violations, ensuring compliance with legal regulations. At the same time, promote the application of science and technology in inspection and supervision, use professional measures to collect, analyze information, and forecast the situation to promptly detect and prevent violations; especially the exploitation of cyberspace to commit crimes.
