HIBAPRESS – El Iahyawi
The name of the customs officer or customs in general was and still is a frightening concern for suspicious economic activities. With the development in the capabilities and search and monitoring devices, the concerns have doubled for smugglers or the customs elements themselves who supervise those operations. Responsibility is not limited to directors and those in charge of spending only, but it goes beyond to other ranks, especially those who have a special seal that ends a stage of manual field research, regardless of reports or images of the automatic scanning device, as personal responsibility increases from one interest to another, and there is no room to rely on reports coming from here or there so that each person becomes responsible for his tasks, not to mention the counter-examination carried out by other detachments riding motorcycles or service cars with four-wheel drive and stationed along the national territory at the entrances to the highways.
All these procedures, although they seem somewhat complicated to the eye, remain fruitful and of utmost importance to the General Administration of Customs and result in field interventions and the seizure of unlicensed goods and commodities that may lead to suspicious operations or a possible laxity in the application of the law.
The "HIBAPRESS" report sheds light on the tasks of inspectors and customs officers who are considered the last link in every export or import operation. These employees have become a source of annoyance, concern, and a nightmare that haunts those who sabotage the national economy, so that hardly a day goes by without hearing about seizure and confiscation operations under the pretext of non-declaration or what is professionally called "fraud," with the issuance of official records, most of which are brought to the attention of the judiciary in order to support the ruling imposing fines and financial penalties, and thus reviving the financial resources treasury in a legal way aimed at curbing the greed of the greedy through fraud and scams, which is what the General Administration of Customs has been working to consolidate since "Al Omrani Abdelatif" took over the reins of its administration and directed multiple patrols in this regard, warning of the consequences of the presence of any shortcomings or breaches of duty at any border crossing.
Messages and warnings that were quickly picked up by regional officials and circulated in turn to all the interests belonging to their administrative jurisdiction, holding each person who is negligent fully responsible, even if he is of low rank, and we specifically mention the customs officers in charge of manual research and subjecting all contents inside vehicles to inspection and scrutiny.
Through the tasks of inspectors and agents, it is clear that the responsibilities are great, even if this angers some transport owners in particular and describe it as "exaggeration in complications", but the reality of the matter is in the heart of protecting the national economy and preventing the entry of anything that would threaten social security, such as the phenomenon of promoting hard drugs and hallucinogenic pills and other other plagues that have a high percentage in the crime rate.
Accordingly, attention to the segment of customs inspectors and officers remains an urgent necessity for the Customs Administration, which continues to prove at every moment its dedication to improving their social and family situation and studying their files submitted to the central interests to ensure better productivity.
