« Organized crime does not ask about borders »

« We are very pleased with professional and effective work in challenging situations, » says Ingvi Steinn Jóhannsson, newly elected chairman of the Customs Association of Iceland and the Customs Director of Customs at Keflavik Airport, with a recent issue of the import of 20,000

The Customs Company issued a statement today, which discussed the seizure of the false drugs and emphasized the importance of customs duties on the border. « Customs players play a key role in ensuring the safety of society by preventing dangerous substances from entering the country, » says the company’s statement.

Under this, the chairman takes a new mind. « It should be seen that the number of passengers at Keflavik Airport was just over three million in 2013, but 8.5 million in 2024, which is a huge increase while the number of customs guards has remained almost the same since then and even longer, »

Historical air plates in the facility

« Organized crime does not ask about borders and is diverse and ever -changing. What happens elsewhere happens here too, with relatively short notice, » says Ingvi Steinn, pointing to the extensive analysis, which is done daily at the country’s largest airport.

When asked, Ingvi Steinn Icelandic Customs has good cooperation with the customs authorities in mainland Europe, which are unpopular on education and disclosure between them. « We try to increase the knowledge of customs guards by prisoners as the changes are constantly in the profession, » says Ingvi Steinn, saying that the emergency of customs and not least the proportion of women within the profession has been better than it is now.

Hardly is Icelandic customs so mentioned in the media that it is not a matter of its affairs. The nature of the work is due to a large part of it at the level of cargo or passenger transport to and from the country, and Ingvi Steinn says customs facilities at Leifur Eiríksson Air Terminal come to his years and mentions an interesting fact in historical terms.

« We are in the only place in the building where the original air plates are still, these wine red fiber plates, which are of course historical value that could be made of a collection, » he says, and subsequently states the customs office at the airport have met with both lack of understanding.

Effective, fast and reliable

« Information issues are very important if we are going to maintain strong border controls, the customs of customs on the field is on 24-hour shifts, where there are traditional projects such as customs clearance in connection with imports and exports, » says Ingvi Steinn, proved to be smuggled and highly high.

Asked in the future and the value of customs in Iceland, Ingvi Steinn Jóhannsson, chairman of the Customs Association of Iceland and the Chief of Staff at Keflavik Airport, is not in doubt: « Efficient, rapid and reliable customs that, first of all, protects the community for certain dangers.