{"id":33125,"date":"2021-02-24T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T13:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tabadul.demo.ly\/en\/faraj-bumtari-the-ectn-system-can-control-smuggling-operations\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T13:12:05","slug":"faraj-bumtari-the-ectn-system-can-control-smuggling-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tabadul.tv\/en\/faraj-bumtari-the-ectn-system-can-control-smuggling-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Faraj Bumtari: &#8220;the ECTN system can control smuggling operations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In a televised interview for Libyan WTV channel and Tabadul Platform yesterday, Finance Minister Faraj Bumtari, representing the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, emphasized that several reasons had prompted&nbsp;him to implement the Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN) system, among which is the&nbsp;a great deficiency in&nbsp;the&nbsp;national economy.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>According to Bumtari, this deficiency is&nbsp;reflected in&nbsp;the&nbsp;smuggling of goods&nbsp;through&nbsp;replacing some items with&nbsp;forbidden others, such as replacing&nbsp;infant formula with a couple&nbsp;of&nbsp;drinks, as well as replacing juice with tramadol&nbsp;tablets.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faraj Bumtari pointed out that the Customs Authority and the Ministry of Finance seek to protect&nbsp;the national security vis-a-vis the serious imbalance in the financial and commercial systems, adding:&#8221; &nbsp;considering the prohibited substances&nbsp;and&nbsp;smuggled&nbsp;goods, the State, along with the Customs Authority, do not have any original documents&nbsp;that prove or reveal the identity of the purchaser or the seller.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>He reiterated&nbsp;that the Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN) system makes&nbsp;it possible to identify the seller and the purchaser via providing complete data since 90% of smuggling operations are against unknown persons.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>According to Bumtari, the ECTN system aslo enables to learn about prices and compare them not only with international prices, but also with commercial rates of&nbsp;the same product in order to detect<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>any increase in the prices, reduce funds smuggling, and minimize&nbsp;tax evasion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;The ECTN system would provide details about the&nbsp;source of funds and the type of product,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> In his lengthy televised critique, the Finance Minister expressed surprise&nbsp;that maritime agents, customs brokers, and&nbsp;transport companies&nbsp;have participated in the majority of protests against the ECTN system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faraj Bumtari has also accused member of the House of Representatives (HoR),&nbsp;Mohammed&nbsp;Al-Raied, of defeating the cargo tracking&nbsp;system in 2015, adding:&#8221; this is the reason why tramadol&nbsp;and alcohol entered to Libya&#8230; Al-Raied should clarify this point.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a televised interview for Libyan WTV channel and Tabadul Platform yesterday, Finance Minister Faraj Bumtari, representing the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, emphasized that several reasons had prompted&nbsp;him to implement the Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN) system, among which is the&nbsp;a great deficiency in&nbsp;the&nbsp;national economy. 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