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Annual Report 2016

Table 20. Main activities of the Customs Surveillance Service

TOPIC

COCAINE

Port of Valencia. 19 containers

2,961 Kg

Port of Algeciras. 15 containers

2,672 Kg

Barajas Airport (238 inspections)

972 Kg

Container in Motril

909 Kg

HASHISH

Sailboat “Anna María” in International Waters

8,820 Kg

Sloop “Diosa Astarte” in International Waters

7,980 Kg

Sailboat “Mar Blue” in International Waters

7,960 Kg

Van and 3 warehouses in Girona

6,504 Kg

TOBACCO

Port of Barcelona. 13 Containers

6,355,499 cjtll

Port of Algeciras. 6 Containers

2,660,083 cjtll

Operation “Kulata” in Malaga, Toledo and Salamanca

167,271 cjtll

39,581 Kg pic

Operation “Robust” in Badajoz and Valencia

100,323 Kg pic

Operation “Rosa” in Granada

95,000 kg pic

Operation“Picado II” in Granada and Almería

85,370 Kg pic

Operation “Rama” in Córdoba

68,988 Kg pic

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Operation “Pinar” in La Jonquera

264,980 items

Operation “Vision” in Madrid

246,120 items

Operation “Renacer II” in Algeciras. 8 containers

177,227 items

Operation “Big Black” in Barcelona. 11 containers

185,838 items

Operation “Manta” in Barcelona

125,355 items

Operation “Martes Negro” in Madrid

85,000 items

OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TREASURY

Operation “El Dorado ”. VAT fraud on hydrocarbons and electronics

16 Mill. €

Operation “City”. Opaque company ownership structures

15 Mill. €

Operation “Pólvora”. Understatement of goods

9 Mill. €

Continuation of Operation “Nehar”. Special Hydrocarbons tax and VAT fraud

6.8 Mill. €

Operation “Catedral”. Vehicle VAT fraud

5 Mill. €

MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCE

Laundering of funds from drug trafficking in Cáceres

13 Mill. €

Operation “Launder”. Laundering of funds from several criminal activities (Almería and Oviedo)

9.7 Mill. €

Laundering of funds from drug trafficking in Granada

4.8 Mill. €

OTHER KINDS OF SMUGGLING

Port of Barcelona. Painkillers (Tramadol)

23.9 Mill. units

Pharmaceutical products in Valencia

15,000 units

Container with weapons in Algeciras port

809 units

Operation “Licor” in Murcia and Alicante

10,000 l. alcohol

Note: Many of operations take place over more than one fiscal year and the figure that appears in the chart refers to the total of the specific operation.