At the Merdare administrative point, the customs officers prevented an attempt to smuggle precious and semi-precious stones. The precious stones were discovered in a vehicle driving from the direction of the APKiM, a Volkswagen Passat  with Slovenian registration plates, driven by a Slovenian citizen aged 52.

In collaboration with the border police members, on July 3, 2012, at the border crossing Batrovci, the customs officers prevented three Afghan citizens to illegally cross the state border.

The Council of the World Customs Administration presented a special award to the Customs Administration of Serbia for its activities in domain of protection of intellectual property rights. The award was received by Director of the Customs Administration, Predrag Petronijević, at the 119th/120th session of the Council in Brussels.