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  • Anti-Dumping Duty Evasion via Myanmar (Germany)

    A Chinese national operating a German company utilized a shadow corporation in Myanmar to mask the true origin of aluminium foil products, systematically evading EU anti-dumping tariffs designed to protect domestic manufacturing.

    Amount: €610,000 in evaded anti-dumping duties, plus €140,000 in secondary customs damages.

    Location: Krefeld, Germany

  • The Belarus-Lithuania Cigarette Smuggling Syndicate

    Corrupt Lithuanian customs officers facilitated the smuggling of millions of packets of Belarusian cigarettes into the European Union, severely damaging the financial interests of the bloc through evaded excise duties.

    Amount: Approximately €10 million in damages; €9.7 million ordered reimbursed.

    Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

EU Funds Corruption Controller

The EU Funds Corruption Controller is a project of the European Liberal Forum. It collects publicly documented cases of corruption and financial crime across the European Union and presents them with their sources, in plain language.

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Questions or corrections about a case? Write to iec@liberalforum.eu.
European Liberal Forum EUPF, Rue d’Idalie 11-13, box 6, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels (BE).