Reading check exercises

1. Consult a dictionary and practice the pronunciation of the following words. Pay attention to the stress.

European, frequent, to occur, Belgium, cereals, textiles, increasingly, fraudulently, procedure, freight forwarder, owner, however, ordinarily, to pass through, to allow, consignor, consignee, guarantee, possession, documentary, to relinquish, legitimate, destined, to be towed, haulers, inquires, democracies.

2. Answer the following questions.

1. Is fraud limited to one definite country?

2. What goods does fraud involve?

3. In what cases are goods classified as Community Transit ones?

4. What is a T1 Form?

5. What is the most common method of good’s shipment adopted by criminals?

6. What are variations of this fraud?

3. Explain what is meant by:

a question of petty pilfering, goods for consumption, to be subject to customs duty, to put up a guarantee, to be towed by a chain of different haulers, counterfeit stamps, to mislead the customs officials, emerging democracy

4. Retell the text.

Vocabulary and grammar work

1. Fill in the blanks with the proper words:

Community, methods, controlled, preventing, regime, responsibility, organizational, investigative, criminal offences, movement, borders, freight forwarders, expertise, department, authorities

1. The Community Transit _____________ was organized in 1960 for six countries with internal borders.

2. Today, transit is implemented by _______________ acting as intermediaries to a transaction in countries with no internal _______________.

3. The present system places the burden of ______________ fraud onto the freight forwarders.

4. The prevention of fraud takes ______________ and time.

5. Commercial Crime Service, a _______________ of the International Chamber of Commerce insists that documentation should be _______________ and each __________________ be identified.

6. Analysis should be carried out of the ______________, types and extent of fraud and those involved.

7. The fact that there is an evolution in the ______________ aspect of fraud is clearly stated by the European Commission.

8. Most member states believe that the ordinary ______________ are adequately defined to protect the Community’s financial interests.

9. There are few examples of departments responsible for the monitoring of ______________ expenditure which are independent of the administrative ________________.

10. There is a trend towards the development of multidisciplinary control structures with _______________ for all areas of fraud prevention and with wide-ranging _________________ powers.

2. Match the English and Ukrainian equivalents.

1/ Petty pilfering; 2/ to avoid payment of customs; 3/ to relinquish smb from responsibility; 4/ to enforce guarantee; 5/ to cover losses; 6/ to absolve oneself of a guarantee; 7/ to prove fraudulent; 8/ to ship goods through the customs area; 9/to be destined for a Spanish consignee; 10/ to be towed by a chain of haulers; 11/ to report the loss of cargo; 12/ to be delayed because of mechanical problems; 13/ to claim on one’s insurance; 14/ customs debenture; 15/ customs tariff; 16/ customs examination list; 17/ customs warrant; 18/ customs declaration/entry; 19/ customs clearance; 20/ excise duties; 21/ customs dues/fees; 22/ customs duties;

a/ виявитися фальшивим, підробленим; b/ дрібні крадіжки; c/ покривати збитки; d/ не платити мита; e/ застосувати гарантію; f/ звільняти будь-кого від відповідальності; g/ звільнятися від відповідальності; h/ повідомити про викрадення ( зникненні ) вантажу; i/ перевезти вантаж через митну територію; j/ вимагати сплати страховки; k/ затриматися із за технічних неполадок; l/ призначений для одержувача в Іспанії; m/ бути транспортованим за допомогою різних перевізників; n/ мита; o/ митні збори; p/ акцизні мита, q/ митне чищення; r/ митна декларація; s/ ордер на випуск вантажу із митниці ; t/ оглядовий cписок; u/ митний тариф; v/ свідоцтво митниці на право зворотного одержання імпортного мита.