Customs Targets Task Force to Combat Illegal Cigarettes by Year-End
Indonesia’s Customs to launch anti-illegal cigarette task force by year-end. Find out how this move aims to boost revenue and strengthen law enforcement.
Indonesia’s Customs to launch anti-illegal cigarette task force by year-end. Find out how this move aims to boost revenue and strengthen law enforcement.
Makassar Customs and Excise Office has intercepted 505,162 illegal cigarettes during Operation Gurita across five South Sulawesi districts between April and June 2025. Learn more.
The Directorate General of Customs and Excise will exempt import duties on personal belongings brought back by Hajj pilgrims starting 6 June 2025. Read more.
The Jakarta Military Command addressed public concerns about an official letter sent by Central Jakarta military command to Soekarno-Hatta Airport Customs. Read more.
Newly-inaugurated Director General of Customs Djaka Budi Utama will involve the Indonesian Military and the Indonesian National Police to close revenue gaps caused by illegal trade through unregulated ports. Read more.
Soekarno-Hatta Customs Office, in coordination with local law enforcement, has foiled multiple attempts to smuggle narcotics into Indonesia between January and February 2025. Read more.
The Directorate General of Customs and Excise and the Indonesian National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency have intensified efforts to prevent drug smuggling. Read more.
ustoms Office officials at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have intercepted 102 units of the iPhone 16 being smuggled without proper licensing in November .
The Customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta Internatl Airport in Tangerang, Banten, arrested an Indian man for allegedly attempting to smuggle four protected animals. Learn more!
The Indonesian National Police are using information technology (IT) to track down smugglers of lobster seeds, which were to be sold in Malaysia. Learn more!
Customs officials at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle crystal methamphetamine concealed in the walls of a suitcase, linked to an African drug trafficking network. Learn more!
