Lithuanian Customs Department

  • Economy

Targeting the informal economy in markets, construction sector and wage payments

The government has taken aim at the informal economy, just as many prior to it has. This time, the construction…

6 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

LRT investigation. R. Karbauskis’ business sells fertiliser produced by the factory of V. Putin’s friend

The ruling "Farmers" leader Ramūnas Karbauskis' Agrokoncernas does not only import fertiliser from the Russian fertiliser producers Phos Agro and…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Head of Lithuania’s Customs Department resigns

Arūnas Adomėnas, director general of Lithuania's Customs Department, has stepped down. [...]

6 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Second take on tax reform: what to expect

A workgroup formed in the cabinet should present proposals for tax reform, fair tax payment encouragement and incentivising reductions in…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian authorities burn half a ton of cocaine worth EUR 49 mln

More than half a ton of cocaine, smuggled from South America, with an estimated street value of nearly 49 million…

7 years ago
  • Society

Customs seize EUR 10 mln worth of smuggled cigarettes in H1

The Lithuanian Customs seized almost 64 million illegal cigarettes with a total estimated value of 9.5 million euros in the…

7 years ago
  • Society

Large-scale international drug smuggling case goes to Lithuanian court

A case involving an international drug smuggling ring has been recently sent to a Lithuanian court, the Lithuanian Customs said…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian customs nab €400,000 worth of drugs on Latvian border

Lithuanian customs officers found almost €400,000 worth of psychotropic tablets hidden in a car they stopped at the border with…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian customs discover 16th century coins hidden in horror story book

Lithuanian customs officers discovered old silver coins hidden in a book of horror stories, the Customs Department said on Thursday.…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Four out of five illegal cigarettes in Lithuania from Belarus

Four out of five packets of smuggled cigarettes in Lithuania come from Belarus, according to a survey of used packets…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian customs seized €30m worth of smuggled goods last year

Lithuanian customs officers seized smuggled items worth over €30 million last year, according to preliminary data. [...]

9 years ago
  • Society

Customs officer makes Christmas decorations using cardboard from smugglers’ seized contraband boxes

Lithuanian Customs officers chose an unconventional but tongue-in-cheek solution for decorating the windows of the Customs Department this holiday season.…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuanian customs stepping up control of Latvian border for cigarette smuggling

Lithuanian customs are stepping up the control on the border with Latvia in response to the growing flows of cigarette…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian Customs to focus on Belarusian border

With the flow of illegal goods from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad declining, the Lithuanian Customs this year plan to…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian Customs Department chief transferred to Klaipėda after end of his term

Antanas Sipavičius, director general of the Lithuanian Customs Department, has been transferred to the western port of Klaipėda after his…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian trucks avoid Russia’s customs checks by going via Belarus

With Russia keeping thorough checks on Lithuanian vehicles in place for more than two weeks now, most Lithuanian truckers prefer…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania to toughen railway freight scheme to Customs Union

The Lithuanian government will require that all cargo handlers provide preliminary information about cargo carried by rail to the territory…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Over 5,000 counterfeit items seized by Lithuanian customs

Lithuanian customs officers seized over 5,000 items in the first half of this year, suspected of having been produced in…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania may appeal to Brussels over new Russian food cargo requirements

Lithuania may have to consult with the European Commission (EC) about new Russia’s requirements for the transportation of food products…

10 years ago