Meeting with strict customs officers has become an unpleasant surprise for many Russians who are returning recently from a trip abroad. After a landing and a stamp in the passport of arrival to the native land, some citizens instead of embraces of relatives got in much less pleasant embraces of control services. Sometimes it looks mystical: from the stream of passengers customs officers catch exactly those in whose suitcases new fur coats or on the wrist - a new expensive chronometer. However, the explanation for this is simple: the channel for data exchange between Russian and foreign law enforcement and other services has finally started operating, Vedomosti reports.. In particular, tax free systems merge all information about transactions to tax authorities, and those in turn, customs officers. The last thing to do is to wait and see whether a Russian with such a name, such and such passport data, will issue a customs declaration returning faithfully or hide information from his native state so as not to pay a duty. And in the latter case they take fraudsters with warm clothes right at the airport. There is another channel for obtaining information - on the exchange between law enforcers of different countries. This happens in case of buying antiques, expensive ornaments. So to spend on a finger a new ring with a large diamond undetected will not be able to - customs officers know exactly what they are looking for, notes "Ura. ru ", and the absence of the tag is not misleading them any more. According to the representative of the FCS, only in December 2017. , when the process of exchanging information with other countries went in full, a few dozen attempts were made to smuggle expensive watches, ornaments, famous brands for a total of about 200 million rubles.

Among the violators was a lot of public figures.

Recall, on the "green corridor", that is, without completing the declaration in Russia, you can bring a purchase worth no more than 10 thousand. Euro. For purchases above this amount, you need to pay a 30%. To infringers - the penalty with confiscation of things and even criminal case.

In total, the Russian Federation and other countries have concluded 296 international treaties and memorandums on customs cooperation. Unreached places for secluded shopping almost no more.