Consider criminal prosecution of illegal multi-level marketing

The Ministry of Justice is required to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to research and propose to competent authorities to supplement regulations on criminal handling of activities of enterprises using multi-level models for illegal business.

The Prime Minister has just issued Directive 30/CT-TTg requesting relevant ministries and branches to strengthen state management of multi-level marketing activities.

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Accordingly, the Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to promptly detect and strictly handle according to regulations multi-level marketing enterprises that have not been granted a multi-level marketing registration certificate; inspect, examine and handle violations (if any) regarding the fulfillment of business conditions of enterprises that have been granted a multi-level marketing registration certificate under the management authority prescribed by law.

Ministries and sectors are required to strengthen management of multi-level marketing activities. Photo: TL

Strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of legal regulations on food safety, promotional activities, advertising, conferences, seminars, and propaganda about products permitted to be traded in multi-level marketing within the scope of authority prescribed by law.

At the same time, evaluate the origin and quality of goods of enterprises that have been granted a Certificate of registration for multi-level sales activities, especially goods produced and processed domestically.

The Ministry of Public Security directs professional forces and police at all levels to strengthen their work of grasping the situation, promptly detecting and investigating organizations and individuals doing business in multi-level marketing or taking advantage of multi-level marketing in disguise.

The Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Justice to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to urgently study and propose to competent authorities to supplement regulations on criminal handling of activities of enterprises using multi-level marketing models for illegal business.

The Ministry of Health shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to inspect, examine and handle violations of the law in the process of production, preliminary processing, processing, preservation, transportation, export, import and trading of food products, cosmetics and other products of multi-level marketing enterprises within the scope of authority prescribed by law.

The Ministry of Finance shall promptly, accurately and objectively disclose information on the results of tax inspections and examinations of multi-level marketing enterprises nationwide.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Science and Technology shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and units to conduct inspection and examination activities to handle violations of legal regulations by enterprises operating under multi-level marketing methods in the fields of standards, measurement and quality of goods and products, and intellectual property within the scope of authority prescribed by law.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies in detecting, preventing and handling violations in the production, processing, bottling, extraction, packaging, import, business, transportation and advertising of products of multi-level marketing enterprises within the scope of authority prescribed by law, with special attention to fertilizer products.

Source Nguyen Thao/bizlive