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Operational Coordination Centre

Combating the smuggling of products subject to excise duties and consumtion taxes creates multidimensional social revenue. In the critical fiscal environment we live in, the fight of smuggling contributes to raising public revenues and protects entrepreneurship by increasing legitimate consumption; it also minimizes harmful substances available in the market promoting thus public health. The Operational Coordination Centre (SEK) aims to coordinate the services involved in the fight against smuggling and to function as a force multiplier for authorities in the difficult task of combating the smuggling of Alcohol, Tobacco and Energy products.

VISION SEK’s vision is to generate a flexible and effective body providing reliable coordination among the Services involved in the fight against the smuggling of excisable products.

MISSION SEK’s mission is to fight the smuggling of excisable products, through the coordination of the Services involved in prosecution, and to collect, analyze, process all available information towards optimizing the effectiveness of controls carried out by law enforcement authorities in the context of joint actions with the operational or non- participation of SEK.

Legislative Framework

Establishment, Organization and Operation
of the Operational Coordination Center (SEK)
Law 4410/2016, art.6
(unofficial translation)

SEK's Organization, Structure and Operation
I.A.P.R. Governor's Decision No Δ.ΟΡΓ.Β 1170657ΕΞ2017/2017 (GR)

Governmental Committee of Strategic Planning and Operational Supervision
for Smuggling Restriction
Council of Ministers'Decision 48/2020, Government Gazette, Issue A No.257 (GR)

Personnel

Agencies

Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR)

Hellenic Police / Ministry of Citizen Protection

G.D. for Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) / Ministry of Finance

Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) / Ministry of Maritime Affairs

National Transparency Authority

General Secretariat for Commerce(GS of Commerce) / Ministry of Development and Investments

OCC's Structure

Direct access to a variety of Information Systems

Press Releases

Latest Press Release

21/02/2020

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Case	Date
Fully equipped state-of-the-art factories used for tobacco processing, production and packaging, located in regions of Attica. Over 2,3 tonnes of tobacco and over 82.000 brand identity tobacco packages seized. Six (6) people arrested.	08/11/19
Arrest of five (05) foreign people for tobacco smuggling - seizures of tobacco products.	15/10/2019
Gas station detected after selling adulterated fuels.	11/10/2019
Organised crime group importing chemical solvents (fuel adulterants) from Bulgaria dismantled.	22/12/2018
Organised crime group importing chemical solvents (fuel adulterants)from Bulgaria dismantled.	5/2/2018
Two people were arrested for illicit tobacco products’ possession and trafficking in Thessaloniki area. The products, tracked in packages, did not bear the Excise Stamp. The people arrested also possessed a large amount of money.	22/3/2018
Organised crime group importing chemical solvents from Bulgaria dismantled.	16/4/2018
Dismantling criminal organization specialized in manufacturing and trafficking illicit tobacco products. Tracking and locating illegal tobacco processing and cigarette production plant. 18 persons arrested	21/5/2018
Dismantling of an organized criminal group involved in fuel adulteration	12/06/2018
Two (2) illegal tanks detected at a gas station, namely i) a single tank of 7,000 liters capacity, and (ii) a twin tank of 14,000 liters capacity. Operation coordinated by the OCC	29/10/2018
Three (3) LPG tanks of 9.900 liters capacity detected in a warehouse. Operation coordinated by the OCC.	30/10/2018