The General Customs of the Republic of Cuba (Agr) It seeks to “strengthen the confrontation” to crimes such as drug trafficking and smuggling of other products.
The above is one of the entity’s projections by 2025, as transcended in the balance of last year held this week.
In addition, the AGR also proposes to “consolidate the aviation procedures for the non -occurrence of illegal acts, and perfect processes for the simplification of procedures”, according to He reviewed The newspaper Granma.
In the balance they were also informed as perspectives “to apply improvements in the single customs window”, “extend the automatic dispatch of non -commercial charges in all airports where conditions are created by transitions” and “advance in digital services” , although the official report does not provide details on how these projections will be put into practice.
Yosvany Bárcena González, general director of Customs Processes, said the entity works to “increase the canine technique with preparation of human resources”, as well as in the “sustainability of technical means to face the illicit border.”
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At the meeting, the chief of the AG, Nelson Cordo Reyes, explained that in 2024 an increase in transit through the green channel was recorded, “due to the measures of tariff exemption.”
Similarly, he said that the entity detected 35 cases of drug trafficking, “significant number of weapons”, and more than 300 products in smuggling activities.
About drug trafficking operations, Granma It does not provide more elements, such as the type of drug detected or the mechanisms used for its attempt to enter the island.
The informed figure is a decrease with respect to 2023, when 43 cases of drug trafficking were detected at the José Martí International Airport in Havana. As stated last September, until that date there were 20 operations of such “neutralized” in the year.
Customs frustrated more than 40 drug trafficking operations at Habanero airport in 2023
During the balance, which President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended, the incorporation of artificial intelligence methods in image recognition techniques and the use of chatbots to improve customs work was also announced.
For his part, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero considered that the objectives of the AG for this year “are in correspondence with the government’s priorities to correct distortions and reimpulse the economy” and said that the entity’s work “must be focused on strengthening the controls in the borders of the country ”.
“These are times for not trusting,” he said, according to review Granma.
Similarly, he called to strengthen control over drug trafficking and smuggling products such as tobacco, rum, heritage parts and money.
Finally, he also asked the customs to “raise the confrontation” to those who “use the benefits of tariff exemption for commercial purposes” and “to profit”, as well as to “be strict against criminal and corruption acts.”
