Operation Deep Manifest
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: DD News
Context: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized Pakistani-origin goods worth ₹9 crore under ‘Operation Deep Manifest’.
About Operation Deep Manifest:
• What It Is? A targeted enforcement operation by the DRI to detect and disrupt illicit trade routes being used to smuggle banned Pakistani-origin goods into India.
• A targeted enforcement operation by the DRI to detect and disrupt illicit trade routes being used to smuggle banned Pakistani-origin goods into India.
• Launched By: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Ministry of Finance.
• Objective: To enforce India’s comprehensive import ban on Pakistani goods and prevent economic infiltration via third-country transshipment.
• Key Features:
• Container Surveillance: Intercepted 39 containers carrying 1,115 metric tonnes of goods falsely labelled as UAE-origin. Document Forensics: Tracked shipping records and revealed false declarations, container swaps, and dual-port routing via Dubai (Jebel Ali Port). Financial Intelligence: Uncovered fund flow links to Pakistani entities and their UAE collaborators. Enforcement Outcome: Arrested a key partner of an importing firm and initiated broader criminal and financial investigations.
• Container Surveillance: Intercepted 39 containers carrying 1,115 metric tonnes of goods falsely labelled as UAE-origin.
• Document Forensics: Tracked shipping records and revealed false declarations, container swaps, and dual-port routing via Dubai (Jebel Ali Port).
• Financial Intelligence: Uncovered fund flow links to Pakistani entities and their UAE collaborators.
• Enforcement Outcome: Arrested a key partner of an importing firm and initiated broader criminal and financial investigations.
• Significance:
• Protects national economic security by cutting off illicit trade networks from hostile states. Reinforces India’s zero-tolerance policy post-terror attacks. Enhances DRI’s credibility in using data analytics and AI-driven customs enforcement. Acts as a deterrent against third-country re-routing, a common strategy for evading sanctions.
• Protects national economic security by cutting off illicit trade networks from hostile states.
• Reinforces India’s zero-tolerance policy post-terror attacks.
• Enhances DRI’s credibility in using data analytics and AI-driven customs enforcement.
• Acts as a deterrent against third-country re-routing, a common strategy for evading sanctions.