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Intelligence Support
Enforcement results achieved in 2003
and 2004 vindicated the department's decision in mid
2002 on establishing the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which
pools all intelligence resources under one formation
for coordinating intelligence activities within the
department. All operational fronts received good intelligence
support rendered by the bureau. Based on the strategic
intelligence generated, the department mounted a total
of 28 and 55 territory-wide, large-scale operations
against criminal syndicates involved in dutiable cigarettes
and illicit fuel activities in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
During the operations in 2003, Customs officers seized
15.8 million sticks of dutiable cigarettes, 351 000
litres of illicit fuel valued at $26.8 million. Whilst
in 2004, 26.3 million sticks of dutiable cigarettes,
240 840 litres of illicit fuel in the amount of $42.1
million were seized.
2. In 2003 and 2004, 43 and 61 pieces
of tactical intelligence were released respectively
to keep frontline officers informed of the prevailing
crime trends and modus operandi employed by culprits.
There were also over 16 000 pieces of operational intelligence
issued in 2003 for Customs officers to take timely enforcement
actions on 2 588 cases with 2 288 persons arrested.
The operational intelligence issued in 2004 were 13
000 pieces relating to 2 581 cases with 2 113 persons
arrested. The enforcement figures in 2003 indicated
a marked improvement when compared with 1 758 cases
and 1 532 arrested persons registered in 2002. The enforcement
figures in 2004, to a certain extent, showed a steady
performance.
3. The department maintains close
cooperation with various local and foreign law enforcement
agencies such as Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Department, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department,
Immigration Department, Hong Kong Police Force, and
Police and Customs attaches in Hong Kong, on exchange
of intelligence. In the past two years, through intelligence
exchanges with these agencies, useful intelligence was
generated to enhance the department's enforcement capability
and anti-terrorism alertness.
4. Underpinning the department's intelligence-led
mode of operations, IB makes every effort in improving
the hardware and software for intelligence analysis
and dissemination, and risk management. Since 2003,
the following intelligence and risk management projects
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