Recently, Guangdong Jiangmen customs in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan Three operations, the destruction of two smuggling of foreign garbage criminal gangs, arrested 9 suspects.
The group from Japan, South Korea and other countries to buy waste plastic, transshipment through Hong Kong Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and then smuggled to Guangdong area sales, preliminary investigation of suspected smuggling of more than 3,000 tons of waste plastics. According to Customs law professional lawyers: smuggling is a smuggling, that is, through the non-establishment of the land, not to the customs declaration, secret entry.
At present, China's import waste management is divided into three kinds: prohibit imports, restrictions on imports, non-restricted imports.
Smuggling of imported wastes into the territory constitutes a crime of smuggling waste;
To restrict the import of waste by smuggling, and to punish the crime of smuggling waste and smuggling ordinary goods; Smuggling of non-restricted imports may constitute a crime of smuggling ordinary goods.
Therefore, the property identification of the goods involved is an important basis for conviction and sentencing. According to the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the handling of smuggling criminal cases to apply the law of the interpretation of several issues, smuggling prohibited imports of waste starting point of five tons, more than 20 tons is the ' plot is particularly serious ', while the smuggling state restrictions on imports of usable raw materials used as the starting point of 20 tons, more than 100 tonnes
The plot is particularly serious '. Smuggled plastic waste plastics in the process of production will cause pollution to the environment, and its products into the market will also endanger the health of consumers.