News / Customs officers at airport ‘overwhelmed’ by Chinese e-commerce

Liege Airport

A court in Liège has heard how customs officers at the city’s airport, LGG, “overwhelmed by the massive influx of Chinese e-commerce”, clamped down on importers, accusing many of fraud, only to lose many of the cases when they came to court.

Ironically, investigations by OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, led to Belgium being fined €251m in 2021 for failing to take sufficient action against import fraud on its territory.

Recently, LGG-based ECDC Logistics, set up by a Chinese businessman, won 12 ...