Customs Surveillance Service

Customs Surveillance Service
Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera
Patch of the Spanish Customs Service
Patch of the Spanish Customs Service
Badge of the Spanish Customs Service
Badge of the Spanish Customs Service
Ship racing stripe
Ship racing stripe
Flag of the Spanish Customs Service with the double crowned H, symbol of the Spanish Royal Treasury
Flag of the Spanish Customs Service with the double crowned H, symbol of the Spanish Royal Treasury
Common nameADUANAS / CUSTOMS
AbbreviationSVA also DAVA
MottoPor tierra, mar y aire
Through land, sea and air
Agency overview
FormedReorganized on February 12, 1982, since the 16th century
Preceding agencies
  • Servicio Especial de Vigilancia Fiscal
  • Servicio Especial de Vigilancia Marítima y Terrestre de Tabacalera S.A.
Employees2,000
Jurisdictional structure
National agencySpain
Operations jurisdictionSpain
Governing bodyGovernment of Spain
Constituting instruments
  • Decreto Real 319/1982
  • Ley Orgánica 12/1995
Specialist jurisdictions
Operational structure
Overseen byDeputy Directorate of Customs Surveillance
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • María Vicenta Abad Carrasco, Director-General
Parent agencyAgencia Tributaria
Website
Web site

The Customs Surveillance Service (Spanish: Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera, SVA) is a law enforcement agency of the Spanish Ministry of Finance, integrated in the Spanish Tax Agency. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prosecution of cases involving contraband, illegal drugs, financial evasion and violations, money laundering, surveillance for financial police purposes and the provision of judicial police services. Its activities can be compared with United States agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or some of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection

  1. ^ "Cristóbal Montoro, Ministro de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas" [Cristobal Montoro Minister of Finance and Public Administrations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Spanish Official Gazette. 2011-12-22.