What happens to smuggled goods?<\/p>\n
From Kompas<\/p>\n
The public can follow the success of the Directorate General
\nof Customs in confiscating smuggled goods on the TV news and in
\nthe newspapers from time to time. The latest success was at
\nTanjung Priok port in Jakarta on Oct. 10, 2000 when household
\narticles, office equipment, electronic goods and fabrics were
\nconfiscated. Recently, Customs has also managed to confiscate
\nluxury cars, decorative lamps, used trucks, firearms, ammunition
\nand narcotics.<\/p>\n
Except for firearms and narcotics, which are categorized as
\ndangerous goods and therefore subject to special treatment, I
\nwould like to know what the Customs (the government) does to
\nsmuggled goods, particularly after they have been legally
\nprocessed. Are they kept and piled high in the Customs'
\nwarehouses? Have they ever been sold by the Customs? If so, where
\nand when?<\/p>\n
Goods like television sets, VCD players, radios, household
\narticles, decorative lamps, sundries and used trucks (confiscated
\nby the Customs), are, in my opinion, easy to sell in the market
\nopenly, even more so if Customs sell them below the normal price
\n(they are smuggled goods, aren't they?). For example, color TV
\nsets worth Rp 2 million per unit at market price, can be sold to
\nthe public at Rp 1 million to Rp 1.3 million each. And the funds
\nraised from the such sales could be allocated to social welfare
\nprograms.<\/p>\n
When these goods are to be sold, I think the Customs'
\ndirectorate general could periodically lease space in, or use,
\ncertain shopping centers like Sarinah or Pasar Raya, or sell the
\ngoods directly in the Customs' directorate general's compound
\ndepending on the availability of confiscated goods.<\/p>\n
I believe that the regional Customs' offices could do likewise
\nconsidering that other ports around the country are not free from
\nsmuggled goods either.<\/p>\n
AS SIAGIAN<\/p>\n
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