familys Gold seized for being transported.

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  1. leo25

    leo25 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Should have used a boat
     
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    Since when is it illegal to travel with gold?

    Again - governments acting illegally - in this case presuming guilt until innocence can be proven.

    Much like what the Australian government is trying to do as well in various areas.

    Your own government is your very worst enemy ...
     
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    A tonne of gold ... thats quite a payload ... the car must have been on its axles and a whole lot of fuss over a barbarous relic. What are they gonna be charged with? Tradition?
     
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    Is this a story from 2000. Since when is a tonne of gold only worth $7.5 million?
     
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    haha yea once again MSM reporters fail amazingly to report correct info. I don't think they even know how much a Ton is...
     
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  8. Emanance

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    From the video it looked pretty well hidden. The cops must of either been tipped off, or the border police have trained their currency sniffing dogs to also detect the scent of precious metals.
    Does anybody know if X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers (XRF) can penetrate outer layer metals such as a vehicles outer shell or undercarriage?
     
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    PMs have a smell?
     
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    sure
    it smells like real money
     
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    Phiber Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Shouldav wrapped it in fiat :p
     
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    Nothing sus, just a ton of gold under the floor in a car, I'm sure someone who legit has that much money would be able to transport it legally, I have no sympathy for crims
     
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    Same here, you cant take $10k in cash or assets to the same value out of the country without declaring it to customs.
     
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    I was in Italy 10 days ago and business is going to the dogs.
    After the new pope was picked, I expected Assisi to be packed with pilgrims.
    The 30 room hotel that I stayed there for 3 nights had only one guest (me)
    Every business owner is complaining about paying too much tax and they are finding it more and more difficult to evade taxes.
    The gov is cracking down on tax evasion big time.
    All businesses give you a receipt for every transaction even for a cup of coffee
    Was told that if I walked out without keeping the receipt after buying an item and a tax inspector caught me without a receipt that I would be fined.
    Also I was thinking of bringing some gold coins over there to sell (specifically Sovereigns); wished I did. Would have made a minimum 20% premium above spot.
    As an antique dealer told me, he wished he had started stacking gold two years ago to make his assets invisible.
    If anyone is thinking of holidaying in Italy soon, it's very good value at the moment.
     
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    AFAIK, metals have a smell only when they come into contact with bacteria transferred from handling it.
    eg: brand new copper coins are pretty-much odourless, until handled and oxidisation (and other chemical processes) occurs.
     
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    The only crims here are the government and their hired goons.
     
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    lol - and here again we have governments creating unlawful "laws" and those who don't recognise them being called
    "crims" when the real criminals are the government politicians who create these draconian laws stripping us all of our freedoms.
     
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    That has been the case for many years in Italy.

    Maybe they are just enforcing it now (or reminding people?).
     
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    To be fair, fair chance the gold was stolen or used in money laundering.
     
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    Tough titties ... as far as i know the onus should be on the state to produce evidence of such a crime!??!!

    if nobody has reported the gold as stolen, then there is no case now is there??

    it's all about the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. quickly this principle is being eroded in our socialist western "demockracies" :lol:
     
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