Highlights - Joint Public Hearing: Combatting Customs Fraud - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

On 8 April, the CONT and IMCO committees jointly organised a public hearing entitled ‘Combatting customs fraud’. The aim of the hearing was to assess the scale of customs fraud, look into best practices in fighting fraud, relevant policy developments at EU and international level, possible guidelines for national authorities to fight fraud, the customs equipment and law enforcement personnel needed, relevant technological developments and various challenges in combatting customs fraud.