By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, DEC 04, 2020: TODAY is DRI's birthday. Not to be blithesome to the surging virus, DRI will host celebration on a digital platform where the Finance Minister and the MoS would also join.

As part of this year's Founding Day celebrations, a panel discussion on Trade Based Money Laundering is also been organised through video conferencing with the representatives from Australian Border Force, HM Revenue and Customs, Customs Administration of the Netherlands and INTERPOL as panelists.

For more than six decades, DRI with its presence across India and abroad has been carrying out its mandate of countering organized crime groups engaged in smuggling of contraband goods such as arms, ammunitions & explosives, narcotic drugs& psychotropic substances, gold & diamonds, counterfeit currency notes, wildlife items, hazardous & environmentally sensitive materials and antiques. DRI also has expertise in unearthing commercial frauds, plugging leakage of Government's tax revenue and countering trade based money laundering and black money.In addition,DRI has been at the forefront in international Customs collaborations and has Customs Mutual Assistance Agreements with over 60 countries, where thrust is on information exchange and learning from the best practices between Customs administrations.