Karachi Tijarat News : The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a new notification establishing a comprehensive system and jurisdiction for Customs Intelligence and Risk Management. According to the notification, the directorate’s headquarters will be based in Islamabad, with regional offices set up in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, and Islamabad. The new structure also includes the creation of a Risk Management Unit and a Cross-Border Currency Movement Wing to strengthen oversight and enforcement mechanisms.
Under this system, the Director General of Customs Intelligence will exercise nationwide authority, reporting directly to the FBR. The DG will be responsible for combating smuggling, taking action against money laundering, identifying irregularities in imports and exports, and implementing modern systems for risk management and intelligence gathering. Regional directors will conduct intelligence operations within their respective provinces to address smuggling, tax evasion, and other illegal activities.
The Risk Management Unit will function at the national level to identify and prevent risks during imports and exports, while the Cross-Border Currency Movement Wing will focus on curbing the illegal movement of currency across borders. To support this transition, all resources, employees, and budgets of the old customs intelligence offices have been transferred to the new Directorate General of Intelligence and Risk Management. Additionally, the FBR has formed a special committee to address implementation challenges, with a mandate to submit its report within 30 days.
The Director General’s responsibilities will include providing strategic leadership, managing risk and compliance strategies, overseeing intelligence gathering, monitoring the operations of the National Targeting Center, supervising the Customs Risk Management System, and ensuring training and performance monitoring. Meanwhile, the Director of Headquarters and Targeting will manage administrative and analytical functions of the National Targeting Center and headquarters nationwide. Regional directors across Sindh, Punjab, Islamabad, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan will focus on intelligence operations, anti-smuggling drives, combating money laundering, and other customs-related functions.
