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The goods were transferred to border crossings without surveillance, as the FCV announced on Thursday. The food was then sold to customers all over Switzerland.
The main defendant is a 48-year-old Italian who used unguarded border crossings to import goods from Italy to Switzerland. He received some support from third parties, including his wife, who previously investigated the situation at the border crossings.
The smuggling lasted for at least a year, from January 2016 to January 2017, when the 48-year-old from Ligornetto TI was finally brought under control of the FCA. He was caught with just over 500 kilos of unpaid cold cuts and cheese in the trunk of the delivery truck in which he was traveling with his wife.
With the help of the Italian customs authorities, the Swiss customs investigators managed to reconstruct the details of the smuggling: after receiving orders from his customers, the defendant acquired the goods in Italy and then delivered them.
Its clientele, mainly restaurants, cafes and grocery stores, consisted of about 90 people and shops spread across Ticino, the west and German-speaking Switzerland.
Failure to declare a customs declaration constitutes a violation of the Customs Law (ZG) and the Value Added Tax Law (MWSTG), as the FCA continues to write. Therefore, it requires a little more than 316,000 Swiss francs in customs duties from the main defendant and the Swiss buyers of the goods. Charges were brought against the defendant and his assistants.
Published: 04/01/2021, 11:39 am
