Picture shows the inspection of containers containing misdeclared red and yellow onions at the a port in Manila, the Philippines, on Friday, March 10 , 2023. A total of eighteen containers were examined and found pizza doughs used to conceal the onions. (@CustomsPH/Newsflash)

Customs Seize 18 Containers Of Smuggled Bulbs Concealed In Pizza Dough Shipment

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:March 20, 2023

Customs in the Philippines have seized 18 containers of smuggled onions, which have become a rare delicacy in the country, concealed in a shipment of pizza dough. The eye-watering bust…

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Image shows the fake brands that were seized by customs in the city of Vienna, Austria, undated photo. A total of 44,830 products equal to two tonnes were taken hold of by customs in March 2023. (BMF, Zoll/Newsflash)

Austria Customs Seize Over 2t Of Fake Louis Vuitton And Versace From China

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:March 15, 2023

Austrian customs have seized nearly 45,000 fake Louis Vuitton purses and Versace sunglasses hidden in boxes at Vienna Airport. The counterfeit products, weighing more than two tonnes, were found inside…

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Picture shows some of the jewels, undated. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, 67, allegedly tried to smuggle jewellery worth the equivalent of around USD three million to Brazil from Saudi Arabia. (@Pimenta13Br/Newsflash)

Ex-Brazil President Accused Of Smuggling In Fabulous GBP 2.5M Saudi Gems

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:March 10, 2023

Brazil's former president has denied trying to smuggle in GBP 2.5 million of jewellery gifted to him and his wife by Saudi Arabia. Jair Bolsonaro, 67 - president from 2019…

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Image shows one of the 13 monkeys that were seized by customs in Vienna, Austria, undated photo. They were originally shipped to Malaysia in January 2023. (BMF, Zoll/Newsflash)

Airport Customs Seize 13 Rare Smuggled Monkeys

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:February 18, 2023

Airport customs in Vienna have seized a shipment of 13 monkeys originating in the Czech Republic and destined for Malaysia. The customs agents became suspicious after they found that only…

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Image shows the vintage car bought from the UK for GBP 57,000, undated photo. It was seized by customs officers in the city of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Hauptzollamt Dortmund/Newsflash)

German Customs Seize Classic British Jag Over Brexit Import Duties

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 17, 2023

A classic Jaguar convertible worth nearly GBP 60,000 has been seized by customs officials in Germany in a row over Brexit import duties. The luxury Mark VII Jag was confiscated…

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Image shows the albino alligator that was found inside a suitcase at Munich Airport, in Germany on Sept. 25, 2022. It was now moved to the TerraZoo in the town of Rheinberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (TerraZoo/Newsflash)

Live Albino Alligator Found By Customs In Passenger’s Luggage Finds Home In Germany

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 7, 2023

A rare albino American alligator that was seized by customs after a passenger from the USA tried to smuggle it in his suitcase on a flight to Singapore has found…

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Image shows the alligator feet impaled on sticks, undated photo. They were discovered in a postal package by authorities from the Gelsenkirchen Customs Office, in Germany, in November 2022. (Zoll/Newsflash)

Protected Alligator’s Feet Impaled On Sticks Found By German Customs

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 18, 2023

German customs have seized four feet from a protected alligator species that were impaled on wooden sticks and sent as a gift from the USA. The postal package containing the…

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Photo shows a lizard that was smuggled into Israel from Hungary by a young Israeli and was seized during an operation at Ben Gurion Airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 2023. The Israeli man was arrested. (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/Newsflash)

Passenger Wrapped Snakes And Lizards In Tinfoil Disguised As A Snack

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 15, 2023

Customs inspectors find a real-life snake and a lizard at an airport after being wrapped up in tinfoil and put in a lunch box to disguise them as a snack.…

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Picture shows some of the pre-Hispanic Mayan pieces seized by police, undated. Stephanie Allison Jolluck, 49, and Giorgio Salvador Rossilli, 62, were arrested transporting 166 pieces Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (@PNCdeGuatemala/Newsflash)

Customs Police Seize More Than 150 Mayan Treasures From American Travellers

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 23, 2022

Two Americans have been arrested in Guatemala with 166 pre-Hispanic Mayan pieces in their vehicle and face artefact trafficking charges. The two suspects have been named as Stephanie Allison Jolluck,…

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Photo shows dogs sniffing bags at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. A tourist from Kunming, China, was caught by sniffer dogs trying to smuggle animal carcasses into Thailand. (Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash)

Airport Customs Dogs Bust Chinese Tourist Smuggling Smoked Bats In Suitcase

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 20, 2022

A Chinese tourist has been busted smuggling smoked bats in a suitcase thanks to the acute sense of smell of airport customs dogs in Thailand. https://youtu.be/1OO7tWdJlnY Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash…

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