Taken from the site "Ticino on line" of 4/6/2009: http://www.tio.ch/aa_pagine_comuni/articolo_interna.asp?idarticolo=464556&idsezione = & a = 1 & idsito idtipo = 3
Seizure record 134 billion dollars in American securities
CHIASSO - On 1 June, at the international train station of Chiasso, the officials SOT (Territorial Operations Section) of Chiasso, in cooperation with the military Guardia di Finanza Group of Ponte Chiasso, have completed a record seizure of U.S. Treasuries. The seizure took place during the normal controls to combat illicit trafficking of capital and amounted to 134 billion dollars (143 billion francs at the exchange rate), representing a value in more than € 96 billion.
values \u200b\u200bwere owned by fifty-two Japanese went down to Chiasso train station by a train from Italy, at the time of customs control, claimed that they have nothing to declare. A thorough check of their luggage instead allowed it to find, hidden in the bottom of a suitcase in a closed compartment and separate from the containing personal clothing, No 249 bonds of the Federal Reserve, "American, with a nominal value of 500 million each and 10" Bond Kennedy "a par value of $ 1 billion each, in addition to substantial bank documents in original.
For bond interest and documentation of foreign exchange that followed them, also subject to seizure, are currently under investigation tending to establish the authenticity of qualifications and their origin. If the securities are authentic, according to the existing currency regulations, the administrative penalty applicable to holders could reach 38 billion euro, representing 40% of the amount exceeding the exemption admitted to € 10,000.
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