2 Japanese carrying $134 bil worth of U.S. bonds detained in Italy

Thursday 11th June, 06:18 AM JST

ROME —

Two Japanese nationals were detained by Italian financial police last week after trying to enter Switzerland with $134 billion worth of undeclared U.S. bonds, mostly Treasury bonds, an Italian daily said Wednesday. The Japanese consulate general in Milan confirmed that the detention had taken place and said it was trying to confirm with Italian authorities whether the two were indeed Japanese nationals and their identities.

According to the report in il Giornale, two unidentified Japanese in their 50s concealed the bonds, including 249 U.S. Treasury bonds each worth $500 million, in a suitcase with a false bottom that was searched by the Italian authorities June 3 when they were in Chiasso, at the border with Switzerland, about 50 kilometers north of Milan. The daily did not say on what charges they have been detained, but the two may have been detained on suspicion of attempting to take a large amount of securities out of Italy without declaring it because the paper said they had not declared the bonds.

Iniciado por azkunaveteya

134.000 millones... que porcentaje es de lo emitido este año?

Iniciado por azkunaveteya

134.000 millones... que porcentaje es de lo emitido este año?

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mmm vamos que iban a meterlo a un banco suizo ordenado por los grandes bancos?

Iniciado por hugolp

Suena más bien a que los japos están vendiendo bonos del tesoro de USA a las espaldas de USA.

Nadie quiere ser el tonto que se queda el papel sin valor el último, pero nadie quiere que USa se enfade con ellos, ya que aún tienen un buen ejercito y demás, así que intentan venderlos secretamente.

Iniciado por azkunaveteya

y que pinta esto en suiza entonces?

yo por la hora que es, y por acrecentar un poco la conspiranoia...