Specialized agents of the General Directorate of Customs-AFIP discovered an extraordinary amount of contraband merchandisevalued at $721,317in a container from Shanghai, China. The shipment, which was in a port terminal in Buenos Airescame in the name of the company CEREAL BUSINESS TRADE SAwho had stated that the cargo consisted of 574 packages with cabinets pc.
Indeed, an alert issued by the systems of the Customs He ordered the cargo to be examined and it was quickly found that, against the 12.66 tons declared, the merchandise weighed 16.46t: an excess of more than 33%. Thus, the container was opened to inspect its contents and the ruse of the maneuver became evident: the agency’s staff found everything but PC cabinets.
On one hand, there was 239 tattoo machines and 35 laser hair removal machines that, without any endorsement from the ANMATcould represent a serious risk for eventual users.
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there was also nothing less 2,214 pairs of shoesin addition to 1,538 sports jackets with the brands Nike, Adidas and Puma, from clubs such as Chelsea, Liverpool, PSG, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan and Juventus, among others; 297 sports sets (jumper and pants), also with inscriptions of Nike, Adidas and Puma, from similar clubs; 90 sports jerseysamong which 40 from the Argentine National Team and 30 from River Plate stand out.
In turn, there was 34,210 cell phone cases Apple brand; 4,500 glasses Ray-Ban; 660 sweaters Tommy Hilfiger; 209 t-shirts with brands such as Prada, Fendi, Versace, Armani and Gucci, among others; and 687 handkerchiefs with similar brand inscriptions.
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Within this framework, the body that directs William Michel did the right thing complaintwhich processes before the National Economic Criminal Court N10for the crime of smugglingtypified in the article 863 of the Custom code. Given that the estimated value of the merchandise amounts to $721,317the Customs could apply a minimum fine of $2,885,268 -while it remains to determine if there is trademark fraud among the seized products.
Source: Ambito
