The Financiers of the Provincial Command of Varese and the Customs Officers of the Provincial Directorate of the Customs and Monopolies Agency seized the Gaggiolo a Ferrari smuggled into EU territory.
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The financiers were intrigued by a Volkswagen car with a UK number plate pulling a trolley with a Ferrari Purosangue. It is a very recent model from the Maranello company, for the moment produced in very few examples.
The presence of the luxury car with a Swiss license plate and the methods of transport convinced financiers and customs officers to carry out a more accurate check, including documentary ones.
After the inspection of the vehicles, aimed at excluding the presence of contraband goods or currency exceeding the threshold established by law, the operators asked the driver of the vehicle for the documentation accompanying the Ferrari, in particular the registration document and the declaration certifying the relevant customs status, immediately noting its absence. To better clarify the customs dynamics, the economic-financial policemen and the officials of the Customs and Monopolies Agency requested, with the tools of international cooperation, useful information from the Swiss authorities, a move which proved decisive since it allowed them to frame the facts or that the luxury sports car had been purchased 1 day before transport at a Ferrari dealer in Switzerland.
The future owner, before registration, had requested the racing car in Italy therefore, violating the regulations in force, it was affixed to the Ferrari, with the intention of evading any controls, a Swiss license plate which, following the international information exchange, was found to be associated with another vehicle.
Consequently, in the absence of registration, like any other goods, upon entry into Italy the importer would have had to present a specific customs declaration to quantify the border duties due, specific to the national and European budget.
The driver of the truck, who turned out to be an English employee of the buyer of the Ferrari, was then reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Varese. They he will now have to answer for aggravated smuggling with evasion of border rights amounting to 138,000 euros and ideological falsehood while the cars, including the Volkswagen instrumental in the commission of the crime, were seized and made available to the Judicial Authority which validated the documents drawn up.
If the suspect is convicted, the seized items may be confiscated and acquired as state assets. In the same perspective, those responsible for the illicit importation will have to pay the customs duty and VAT quantified according to law to the treasury.
