Customs officers have opened five criminal cases against a Muscovite for smuggling antiques
Customs officers have opened five criminal cases against a Muscovite for smuggling antiques
Published: February 12, 2024 11:10 AM
Central Post and Bryansk customs officers have foiled a criminal scheme to import cultural property from Europe organized by a Moscow resident.
Central Post and Bryansk customs officers have foiled a criminal scheme to import cultural property from Europe organized by a Moscow resident
In the guise of souvenirs, the man ordered from abroad to his relatives and acquaintances antique items for subsequent resale on the domestic market.
At the time, the customs officers of the Central Post and Bryansk customs office stopped the criminal scheme of importing cultural values from Europe
Customs officers intercepted five parcels from England and Austria, in which they found 60 items: painted porcelain figurines, boxes, cutlery and silverware
Although the value of the goods was stated in the documents as 90 thousand rubles, the expert examination showed that they were decorative and applied art objects of the XIX-XX centuries, their valuation – 2 million rubles
The detained items include such expensive items as a silver fruit bowl decorated with bunches of grapes worth Br225 thousand, a sculpture “Monkey with a Sharmanka” for Br130 thousand, as well as a ring of the first half of the XX century made of gold and wood agate, which is estimated at Br100 thousand.
A man is in possession of such expensive items as a silver fruit bowl decorated with bunches of grapes worth Br225 thousand, as well as a ring of the first half of the XX century made of gold and wood agate, which is estimated at Br100 thousand
The man is on a recognizance not to leave. Five criminal cases under Part 1 of Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation were opened against him for smuggling of cultural property, committed on a large scale. He faces up to seven years’ imprisonment with a fine of up to one million rubles