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12 October 2019A treasure of two million and 800 thousand euros wrapped in newspaper and parcels. Unique 'baggage' that of three citizens of Chinese origin, about to leave Italy for Hong Kong, intercepted by the financiers of the Provincial Command of Rome with the collaboration of staff of the Customs Agency and Monopoly at the Airport " Leonardo da Vinci "of Fiumicino.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the Fiumicino Group and of the customs officials intent on monitoring the lists of departing and arriving passengers, the frequent trips, at close range, of three Oriental passengers who, once reached the boarding gate, did not escape. , have not been able to provide convincing answers

At this point more thorough checks were taken, resulting in the inspection of baggage already loaded: carefully wrapped in newspaper and parcels were found banknotes of various sizes of 940,000, 760,000 and 1,010,000 euros respectively . Undeclared sums have been seized as a preventive measure both for criminal purposes (for the hypothesis of money laundering) and for administrative purposes (for violation of currency regulations).

The positions of the three are now being examined by the judicial authority of Civitavecchia to ascertain the origin of the capitals they have tried to export illegally. In the first 9 months of the year, over 500 violations were filed at the Fiumicino airport airport, which made it possible to identify an undeclared currency in transit for around 10 million euros.