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Annual Report 2012

Main activities of the Customs Surveillance Service

COCAINE "RATONERO" ship
Operation "MARINE"
2,279 kg
Barajas Airport (490 actions) 953 kg
Container seized in Algeciras 373 kg
HASHISH Algeciras and Tarifa Customs (517 actions) 20,523 kg
Ceuta and Melilla Customs (1,059 actions) 14,056 kg
Container seized in Nijar (Almería) 7,600 kg
Seizure in Nijar (Almería) 3,600 kg
TOBACCO   Operation "ALGARROBO-ALGA" 839,439 Packs
Seizure in San Mateo del Vallés (Barcelona) 700,000 Packs
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Algeciras Port
(11 containers and cars with various merchandise)
26.3 million euros
Operation "AGUIJÓN" 10 million euros
OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TREASURY Activity supporting Inspection in Roquetas (Almería) 49.8 million euros
Tax on alcohol fraud in Quintanar Orden Operation "LLAVE" 33.8 million euros
Activity supporting Inspection in Murcia Operation "VEGA" 32.9 million euros
MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCE Money laundering from drugs traffic in Galicia. Operation "HOUDINI" 50 million euros
SMUGGLING OTHER KINDS   Dual-use material for the Iranian nuclear programme. Operation "KAKUM" 0.8 million euros
ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES)   Export of elvers to China Operation "ANGULA" 722 kg