Verbania, the luxury watches found on the train at the auction: there are 334 Rolex, 14 Omega, a Bulgari and a Patek Philippe
They were hidden in 2 suitcases transported to the Euronight by a Japanese who traveled to the bunk, then reported and sentenced for smuggling. The Customs Office ordered the auctioning sale from 14 to 24 April
Rolex, Patek Philippe, who offers more? Over 300 luxury watches seized in the 2016 in the station a Domodossola On an Euronight that went to Paris from Milan. The Guardia di Finanza and customs officials had found over 350 chronographs hidden in two suitcases transported by a distinct Japanese gentleman. Just under a million and a half the estimate of their value.
They were not stolen
Now after almost ten years they end up auction because they have become owned by the state while the man was sentenced. The financiers of the Domodossola Company and the officials of the Customs and Monopolies Agency had stopped him as he slept in a bunk On board the train from Milan and headed to Paris.
The Rolex in two suitcases
He traveled with the two heavy suitcases. Inside there were brand watches of which, however, did not have attested for origin and with halved prices: 334 Rolex, 14 Omega, a Bulgari and a Patek Philippe da 38,650 euro. All of the second hand and not the trial of theft: each piece was accompanied by guarantee certificate And as a tag with a price equal to half of the real commercial value (according to what was established by the Customs Agency).
Confiscation
Reported for smuggling and for the illegal introduction of assets in the territory of the State, after the investigation coordinated by the Prosecutor of Verbania The judicial affair arrived in court: the Japanese citizen was sentenced to pay a penalty of over half a million euros And the judge ordered the confiscation of the seized assets. Now, with the sentence that has become irrevocable, The VCO customs office He entrusted the sale by public enchantment of confiscated assets, to the Turin judicial sales institute. The sale will be made online from 14 to 24 April 2025.
« Thanks to the work of the financiers and officials of the Customs Agency – they explain in a note, a concrete step is taken to carry out the return of the sums intended for the tax authorities, which will be for the benefit of the community. The synergy and constant collaboration between the Customs and Monopolies Agency and the Guardia di Finanza In the garrison and in contrast to fraud with border passes, they represent a consolidated activity that aims to protect the interests of the tires daily « .
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