People crossing into Poland from Ukraine have been found carrying bags loads of undeclared foreign cash, sometimes running to millions of zloty.
Most recently, a Ukrainian woman traveling by train from Kyiv was found to have the equivalent of 1.7 million złoty (€400,000) in cash in a regular carrier bag.
The money was in euros and American dollars, which should have been declared under EU rules, while the woman declared only €20,000.
Poland’s Tax and Customs Service launched criminal procedures against the woman, securing 50,000 złoty (€11,700) against a possible fine.
In such cases, however, the money is not confiscated but merely registered to prevent its use for terrorism or organized crime, the Rzeszów edition of the Gazeta Wyborcza paper reported.
The case is just the latest of a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks, the paper wrote.
Another Ukrainian woman traveling by train from Kharkiv was found to be in possession of $40,000 in undeclared cash.
In a similar case, a woman traveling from Odesa failed to declare more than £33,000.
A further baggage search turned up over 233,000 złoty (€54,600) in a variety of foreign currencies.
The money was in euros and American dollars, which should have been declared under EU rules, while the woman declared only €20,000.
Poland’s Tax and Customs Service launched criminal procedures against the woman, securing 50,000 złoty (€11,700) against a possible fine.
In such cases, however, the money is not confiscated but merely registered to prevent its use for terrorism or organized crime, the Rzeszów edition of the Gazeta Wyborcza paper reported.
The case is just the latest of a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks, the paper wrote.
Another Ukrainian woman traveling by train from Kharkiv was found to be in possession of $40,000 in undeclared cash.
In a similar case, a woman traveling from Odesa failed to declare more than £33,000.
A further baggage search turned up over 233,000 złoty (€54,600) in a variety of foreign currencies.
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