Scrap Imports – Innovative Bangladesh Customs
Customs Inspectors in Bangladesh have struck back at people who avoid customs duties on imported goods. They made an example of a railway container full of products. Its owner declared the container held scrap metal. But inside, inspectors found luxury cars, large-screen television sets and refrigerators. Authorities decided that if the customs declaration said the goods were scrap, they should make it true. So in a public ceremony, they crushed all the items with a bulldozer – into fine scrap – from NPR dated 27.4.2005