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Eastern Customs District manages Finnish and Russian customs posts on the EU-Russian border at Roschino. Challenges include combatting customs crimes, smuggling, and border crossing delays. The district aims to streamline customs formalities and enhance traffic flow, cooperating with various agencies for effective enforcement.
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Eastern Customs District • Customs posts 12 • staff 558 • headquarters: Lappeenranta Roschino
Finnish and Russian customs posts on the EU-Russian borderEastern customs district • Niirala / Värtsilä • Parikkala / Syväoro • Imatra / Svetogorsk • Nuijamaa / Brusnitshnoe • Vainikkala / Buslovskaja • Vaalimaa / Torfianovka Roschino
Finnish-Russian Customs Cooperation • Smooth flow of the traffic • Stremlining and simplifying customs formalities • The combat of customs crimes Roschino
Tasks and problemsChallenges for enforcement, customs crime investigation and intelligence work • Low obedience to the law • Huge smuggling from RU to FI • Counterfait-pirate products to RU via FI • Large scale customs duty frauds on RU-side Roschino
Fluency of the traffic, problems • Long border crossing queues • Detains of the vehicles • Expensive and slow customs conwoyees Roschino
Cooperation at the border and closest areas • Daily contacts • Regular meetings • Customs working group - several sub-working groups Roschino
Cooperative relationships • Border guards • Police • Finnish Road Administration • Finnish Vehicle Administration • Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety Roschino