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India uncovers alleged smuggling network using Colombo Port to route Pakistani goods
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), India's apex anti-smuggling agency, has uncovered a sophisticated transnational smuggling
Summary
Investigators revealed that while the shipments were doctored with fabricated invoices from UAE-based entities and forged Certificates of Origin to hide their Pakistani roots, the underlying Bills of Lading for the Pakistan to Sri Lanka leg and customs declarations filed directly with Sri Lanka Customs transparently listed Pakistan as the true country of origin and India as the final destination.
What this story is about
Organisations
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence4
- Ministry of Finance2
- Customs
Places
- Sri Lanka4
- Pakistan4
- India4
- United States3
- Colombo Port3
- Colombo3
- Kandla3
- Mundra3
Keywords
- smuggling3
- uncovers2
- alleged2
- racket2
- goods2
- salt2
- via2
- circumvent
- involving
- manifest
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