Criminals smuggle Garlic?
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Criminals smuggle Garlic?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20976887Sweden has issued international arrest warrants for two Britons suspected of illegally importing 10m euros (£8m) worth of garlic into the EU via Norway. Why would criminals do that?
Swedish state prosecutors claim to have cracked one of Europe's more seemingly strange, if lucrative, smuggling rings.
They say two British men are believed to have made millions of euros smuggling Chinese garlic from Norway into Sweden.
The EU imposes a 9.6% duty on imported foreign garlic.
The supplies are said to have been shipped to Norway - a non-EU state where no garlic import tax is applied - and then smuggled into neighbouring Sweden and the rest of the EU by lorry, thus avoiding EU import duties.
It's not the first time garlic smuggling has made the headlines.
In December 2012, a man from west London was sentenced to six years in jail for smuggling garlic from China into the UK.
at least it aint weed or them other drugs right? lmao
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I live near the garlic capital of the world, and I understand.
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What's the garlic capital?
Why would someone do that with garlic? O.O
Why would someone do that with garlic? O.O
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Hmm... there is also an import tax on carrots in some countries.... GUYS I HAVE AN IDEA!
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i think im thinking what your thinking lol-_CreepeR_- wrote:Hmm... there is also an import tax on carrots in some countries.... GUYS I HAVE AN IDEA!
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[quote="Liene"]What's the garlic capital?
Why would someone do that with garlic? O.O[/quote
Gilroyl, California.
Why would someone do that with garlic? O.O[/quote
Gilroyl, California.
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Isn't there a festival once a year (or whatever) where you can eat everything with garlic taste? If so one of my friends have been there
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Liene wrote:Isn't there a festival once a year (or whatever) where you can eat everything with garlic taste? If so one of my friends have been there
Yes there is.
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Aaand liene went up another rank! :DD C'mon Wolf! You're just 23 posts behind! You can still overtake her!
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-_CreepeR_- wrote:Aaand liene went up another rank! :DD C'mon Wolf! You're just 23 posts behind! You can still overtake her!
But I have to stay on topic!
If you can ever make it to Gilroy, do visit the various Garlic worlds for free samples and garlic products.
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Well, you managed to overthrow me quite easily wolf And it's nice that you tried to stay on topic - but you failed in some threads
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That are nearly 250posts to catch up, that's an aweful lot. If someone(not you) would volunteer to spend an hour or two with me spamming some topic I wouldn't mind
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