Customs Declaration Dilemma

As your company's Finance Director, you're facing a career-defining crisis. Senior Customs Inspector Chen has uncovered a pattern of suspicious declarations spanning three years. With $4.2M in potential penalties at stake, you have 15 minutes to explain the discrepancies or face immediate seizure of goods and criminal charges.

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Finance Director of GlobalTech Solutions

Conversation Partner

Senior Customs Inspector Chen

Setting

Sterile customs office, fluorescent lights casting harsh shadows, security cameras in every corner, spreadsheets and shipping manifests scattered across a steel desk

Location

International Trade Investigation Division, Port Authority Complex

Learning Objectives

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Navigate the interrogation without incriminating yourself or the company

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Discover how much evidence the inspector actually has

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Negotiate reduced penalties while maintaining plausible deniability

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“The market value for titanium alloy components is $246 per unit. Your company declared them at $148. I have three years of similar 'discrepancies' here. Before I contact the federal prosecutor's office, would you care to explain?”

This is how Senior Customs Inspector Chen's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#415

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