Staff reporter: Complaints are being received in the call of revenue evasion of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Dhaka Custom House by fraudsters who are immersed in strategy and reckless. A C&F cycle is a C&F cycle that actively engages in various unethical activities including duty evasion, publication of products with concealment of information, fraud, smuggling and forced dumping of products. Custom is becoming a sanctuary for taxing incompetence without their hostages. Customs is becoming a haven for customs due to the ineffectiveness of their hostage status. The syndicate circle is desperate to establish their leadership by making their self-proclaimed kingdom of fake-fraudulent duty evasion. The gang smuggled goods through Gate No. 1 of Airfreight Unit of Custom House Dhaka by forging stickers and evading billions of rupees of revenue including illegal medicine, mobile phones, lead flavor, prohibited import of old laptops, prohibited sex drugs, gold smuggling under the cover of false declaration and Sources said LC is active in Hundi business and under invoicing.

Smugglers and fraudsters at various times to evade customs duty by submitting bill of entry with mixed cargo of common goods in Asycuda World system by their hired C&F license to release goods with wrong information at various times by falsifying stickers and sending other goods of high value under the guise of shipment without paying any customs duty. There are numerous evidences that the goods were redeemed and handed over to the importer.
Meanwhile, the violence of the syndicate led by Shajahan, the master of the C&F mafia circle, is increasing and their activities are becoming uncontrolled.
Unbridled malpractice of this syndicate It is alleged that malpractice activities are being conducted in Dhaka Custom House to evade revenue through free goods clearance import-export in false declaration.

According to a reliable competent source, C&F agent businessman Shahjahan has formed this powerful syndicate long ago for the purpose of cheating based on the custom house. The main activities of the syndicate are being conducted under his indirect leadership. By asserting the post of Acting General Secretary of Dhaka Customs Agents Association, he continues to spread his influence everywhere.
There are numerous cases of duty evasion against his controlled establishments including other chartered establishments with various allegations of revenue evasion through fake bill of entry, redemption of illegal goods under cover of legitimate goods, attempt to redeem goods without valid papers. Still, various activities of the circle are not inactive. Many times, large consignments have been seized due to money laundering, but the control donor remains largely hidden.
Furthermore, Faridul Kabir Talukdar Shamim, president of anti-independence Jamalpur District BNP, is said to be one of the financiers of this syndicate control donor.
Sources say that Section 32 of the Customs Act, 1969 states that if goods are brought under false declaration, a fine of up to three or four times the value of the goods concerned will be imposed and the goods will be confiscated. If the offense is serious, a criminal case can be filed.
If the charge is proved, the importer can be punished with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding 50 thousand rupees or both. No one of this syndicate has been jailed or given maximum fine till now. Due to legal complications, they are getting away with fines on all the seized shipments due to not filing criminal cases.
In this regard, the Director General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department admitted in an interview that such a gang sometimes changes the HS code and sometimes uses fake certificates to redeem the goods.
Detail of multiple cases of sticker fraud invoice and document fraud by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate against C&F Agent Shahjahan Gong: 55/2022 Date:21-7-22 Eng,56/2022 Date:22-7-22 Eng,57/2022 Date: 21/7/22 Eng, 58/2022 Date: 21/7/22 Eng, 59/2022 Date: 21-7-22 Eng, 60/2022 Date: 21-7-22 Eng, 61/2022 Date: 21-7- 22nd, 62/2022 date: 21-7-22nd, 63/2022 date: 21-7-22nd, a case is ongoing against the syndicate for smuggling goods and duty evasion near Custom House Dhaka.
When trying to contact Customs Commissioner AKM Nurul Haque Azad multiple times on the mobile phone to inquire about the measures taken by the customs authority regarding revenue evasive Shahjahan, no statement could be taken.

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