With the emergence of organized crime and all the challenges that come with facing it to protect the country through strict control of our maritime, land and air borders, foreign trade logistics is being closely observed by all public and private actors.
It is in this context that the so-called ecosystem of oversight has been strengthened, where several institutions are working closely and in a coordinated manner every day to generate highly effective and dissuasive control actions, all under the auspices of the Government's Plan Against Organized Crime.
In the Valparaíso Region, as Customs we are at the center of this ecosystem, developing and leading operational work together with the Navy, the Investigative Police, Carabineros, the Prosecutor's Office and the presidential delegations, among others.
We exchange intelligence information, review 100% of imports and exports with specialized software, non-invasive technologies and physically, share risk profiles and analyze the evolution of crimes.
We also carry out more technical coordination through the Valparaíso Logistics Forum (Folovap), which provides perspectives especially from the private sector and gives us opportunities for improvement.
We complement this work with a strong investment plan, which this year alone – with our own resources and those of the Ministry of the Interior – allowed us to invest 3.200 billion pesos to acquire a new scanner truck for the Port of San Antonio, which is now fully operational. And progress is already being made on the purchase of another truck for the Los Libertadores Border Crossing, Chile's most important land border for foreign trade.
It is very important to emphasize that the entire Valparaíso Region is part of this ecosystem of inspection, because although there are several events related to organized crime and high profile that have occurred in seaports, we also do a strong inspection work at the Los Libertadores border crossing and at the Los Andes Land Port or in the ports of Quintero and Ventanas that are becoming more important every day.
Similarly, but with a more strategic vision, the customs offices of Coquimbo and the Metropolitan Region are integrated into this circuit, with which, in a macro-zone vision, we reinforce joint work, understanding that the challenges we face require an integrative view with a high level of specialization and intelligence analysis.
For this reason, the officials who are part of the staff of these customs offices and those of Valparaíso, San Antonio and Los Andes, are constantly preparing and training themselves to carry out more and better controls and inspections of foreign trade, contributing directly to the regional development and that of Chile, given that it is in this region where the largest volumes of commercial exchange in the entire country are concentrated.
Director of the Regional Customs of Valparaíso
