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An undeclared money was seized from a passenger departing to Turkey.

On June 3, 2018, during the customs control of hand luggage and baggage of passengers departing on the Sochi-Istanbul flight, inspectors of the Sochi Airport customs post stopped a man walking along a “green” corridor. To the question about the availability of goods subject to customs declaration, the man answered negatively. When he was asked about the amount of exported cash in foreign currency, the man admitted that he was carrying a small amount of cash.

In the course of the customs inspection, it was found that in hand luggage in a black bag belonging to the man, there was a cash foreign currency in the amount of 19,000 dollars.

As the man, a resident of the Republic of Abkhazia, explained, he crossed the customs border not for the first time, but did not become familiar with the customs rules, as he had never transferred money in such quantities before.

Cash currency not exceeding the established limit (in the amount of 10 thousand US dollars) was returned to the passenger. The remaining funds - 9 thousand US dollars - were withdrawn.

On this fact, an administrative violation case under Art. 16.4 of the Administrative Code of Russia "Non-declaration or inadequate declaration by individuals of cash and (or) money instruments." The violation entails the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of from one-second to twice of the undeclared amount of cash and (or) the cost of monetary instruments or the confiscation of the subject of the administrative offense.

Press office of the Southern Customs Administration, tks.ru, 6 June 2018