COLOMBIA: COLOMBIA CONFISCATES 66 BILLION PESOS WORTH OF CONTRABAND DURING FIRST HALF.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: August 19, 2001 | Copyright information

The Colombian National Customs and Tax Directorate (DIAN) has confiscated a total of 66.154 billion pesos worth of contraband, including a total of 6,555 types of smuggled merchandise, during the first half of the year, Cali El Pais reports. Tax evasion was the most common of...

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