HIGH SCHOOL OF SAMBSIN SCHOOL YEAR :
2023-2024
CLASS : 2nde C
REPORT
THEME :
SMUGGLING
GROUP : N°2
THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
NAME FIRST NAME
COMPAORE Abdoul Kader
CONSEIGA Calèb
ILBOUDO Gaèlle Franceline
ILBOUDO Pingdwendé Carine
KABORE Latifatou
KABRE Théophane
THE TEACHER NAME : Mr SANGO
OUTLINE
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INTRODUCTION
I. DEFINITION
II. AREAS MORE CONCERNED WITH SMUGGLING
III. THE CAUSES OF SMUGGLING
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF CONTRABAND
1. Socially
2. Economically
V. PREVENTIVE MEASURES
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of goods or people,
particularly across borders, in order to avoid paying taxes and
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customs duties or to bring prohibited products into a country or,
conversely, to make go out despite the ban (we then speak of
escape). By extension, and as these are the same networks,
smuggling can concern people, either to allow them to enter a
country which is closed to them, or to allow them to leave a
country which prohibits them. Most often, goods fuel a black
market while individuals are forced into clandestine work.
our work will be based on the definition, areas, causes and
consequences and measures to prevent smuggling.
I. DEFINITION
Clandestine introduction into a country of prohibited goods or
goods subject to payment of customs duties or duties
II. AREAS MORE CONCERNED WITH SMUGGLING
Smuggling has always been widely diversified, the only
condition for a product to be the subject of it being that the
trafficking in it is lucrative and illegal. Nowadays, it concerns:
Drugs ;
illegal immigration ;
weaponry;
the alcohol ;
the tobacco ;
counterfeiting;
etc
In principle, many smuggling activities are caused by the great
economic disparity between countries. As a result, in many
countries, large sectors of the population are inclined to
produce illegal goods.
III. THE CAUSES OF SMUGGLING
In principle, many smuggling activities are caused by the
great economic disparity between countries. As a result, in
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many countries, large sectors of the population are inclined to
produce illegal goods.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF CONTRABAND
Smuggling is a phenomenon which has serious
consequences, particularly on a social and economic level:
1. Socially
The danger that smuggling represents for civil society
consists of: Smuggled goods pose a great risk to public health.
The most convincing example of this idea is that of the
smuggling of drugs and narcotics which are extremely harmful
to health
We can also cite the example of products which do not
meet the criteria imposed by sanitary and phytosanitary control
because they are imported outside customs offices.
This is the case for cigarettes which are counterfeited in
other African countries, and which enter the national customs
territory through road borders.
Smuggling can also involve weapons, which represents a
major danger for public security, particularly in the
situation of insecurity that the country is experiencing.
There are also smuggling operations involving
pornographic products, these products are strictly
prohibited for importation because they are considered a
direct cause of the degradation of walls within society.
2. Economically
The effects of smuggling on the economy of States are as
follows. Non-payment of duties and taxes resulting from
smuggling operations is at the origin of staggering losses to the
public treasury. We can always bring up the example of tobacco
products; In this context, the annual losses recorded at the
level of the public treasury are of the order of 3.5 billion CFA
francs, this is due to the activities of the illegal cigarette trade
which means the compromise of duties and taxes.
The importation of certain goods outside customs offices may
be to the detriment of domestic companies that produce the
same kind of goods, because contraband products are sold on
the black market at a lower price than products of domestic
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companies. , thus the consumer trend is moving towards
contraband products which are within the reach of citizens. This
looks a bit like the effect of dumping.
The large quantities of contraband goods released for
consumption in the dark on internal markets are likely to
prevent the collection of reliable information, exact
statistics which are essential for the control and
monitoring of the economic policy of the State in
particular in matters of foreign trade.
Moey laundering: smuggling activities allow traffickers to
derive imaginary profits to the detriment of the national
economy.
Drug traffickers, for example, often use financial specialists to
launder large quantities of money from drug trafficking, using
complicated networks of bank accounts and other financial
transactions. `to companies which are only screens hiding their
money and which will subsequently be led to bankruptcy by
their owners after having achieved their goals.
V. PREVENTIVE MEASURES
In order to combat smuggling, preventive measures and
actions can be implemented. In this respect, the following
procedures may be carried out in particular:
controlling the flow of goods exposed to smuggling;
the establishment of a traceability system allowing the
identification of goods and their origin;
information, education and consumer awareness on the
risks of smuggling;
the popularization of laws relating to the protection of
intellectual property;
the generalization of the use of electronic payment
means;
strengthening the security system at the border strip and
in particular areas far from checkpoints;
the promotion of international cooperation in the fight
against smuggling at both the judicial and operational
levels.
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The terms of application of this article are specified, where
necessary, by regulation.
CONCLUSION
Smuggling, an ancient phenomenon due to its causes and
manifestations, today takes multiple forms. It has incalculable
damaging consequences for local industry. The example of the
textile industry faced with loincloth fraud is a convincing
illustration of this.
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