Crypto, stablecoins being used to fund drug, gold smuggling racket: DRI reportSmugglers are increasingly using cryptocurrencies for illegal payments and to move crime proceeds. Stablecoins like USDT are now replacing ...
05 Dec, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
India imposes import restrictions on platinum alloyThe Indian government has imposed restrictions on importing platinum alloys with less than 99% purity to curb the misuse of tariff differen...
05 Mar, 2025, 12.01 PM IST
Significant reduction in gold smuggling post July import duty cut: CBIC ChiefGold smuggling in India has significantly decreased since July 2024 due to a reduction in import duty from 15% to 6%. Customs and DRI offic...
09 Feb, 2025, 11.36 AM IST
High Import Tariff Adding Fillip to Illicit Gold Trade25 Jan, 2023, 06.30 PM IST
Stalled: The Gold Rush22 Jan, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
Sharp spike in smuggling of goods amid coronavirus pandemic: FICCI CASCADE"The perpetrators of illicit trade are always looking at innovative ways to deceive the system to carry out their activities. This deeply h...
15 Jul, 2020, 12.33 PM IST
India emerge as key buyer of Uzbek gold between Jan-March 2019Uzbekistan is ready to increase gold exports to 80 tons in 2019, which is 10 tons more than in the previous year.
12 May, 2019, 10.46 AM IST
$21 billion in black money exited India in 2014: Global WatchdogGFI has, for the first time, given information on the equally damaging inflow of illegal funds in this report, with India being the destina...
03 May, 2017, 08.02 AM IST
Demonetisation to help leapfrog to digital economy: Biocon CMD"Demonetisation would serve to be a deterrent to corruption in the short-term. "However, what remains to be seen is for how long can we sta...
24 Nov, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Import restrictions led to rise in gold smuggling: GovernmentImport restrictions on gold led to a rise in its smuggling and the various ways adopted to illicitly bring in the precious metal in the cou...
08 Dec, 2015, 06.24 PM IST
Gold smuggling in India makes a new record, crosses Rs 1,000 croreGold smuggling is at all-time high in India as seizure in illicit trade has crossed Rs 1,000 cr mark in one financial year.
28 May, 2015, 10.08 AM IST
Gold smuggling at all-time high, seizures total Rs 1,000 croreIn two years, since government increased duty on gold to 10% to rein in a yawning current account deficit, gold smuggling has grown by 900%.
27 May, 2015, 10.45 AM IST
Switzerland's gold exports to India cross Rs 1.2 lakh crore in 2014: Swiss GovernmentSwitzerland's gold exports to India crossed Rs 1.2 lakh crore in 2014 even as concerns persist over bullion being used to channel illicit f...
26 Jan, 2015, 11.16 AM IST
Scrapping of 80:20 rule a very positive step: Ajay BodkeThe government’s revenues also could see a bump up due to the 10 per cent customs duty that is there on the legit imports of gold.
01 Dec, 2014, 09.52 AM IST
Illegal gold imports up in April-JuneGold imported illegally into India during the first three months of the current financial year amounted to more than half of that recorded ...
09 Aug, 2014, 03.09 AM IST
Jewellery exports to key market US under threat from illicit imports of goldIf US importers find illegal gold in the consignment, then the supplier will be dragged to US court.
25 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Anand Sharma for easing gold import norms to check smugglingTo check rising CAD, govt has raised import duties and RBI had imposed curbs on gold imports and also laid down various pre-conditions for ...
25 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM IST