Tag: Customs
Product piracy: How the luxury fake business works
background As of: April 15, 2024 10:32 a.m Fake luxury products are popular with many young people – fueled by influencers who proudly show designer fakes from China on TikTok.…
206 million euros customs fine and prison sentences
A counterfeit Rolex or a fake ID card? On the Telegram channel of “La Genèverie”, customers could obtain both or could consult a police file. This Friday, the Paris court…
Customs: Mail arrives in the Spreewald by barge again
regional customs Mail arrives in the Spreewald by barge again The unusual method of mail delivery by barge has a 127-year-old tradition. photo © Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa This tradition in the…
Customs arrests freighters from Russia in Rostock
As of: April 2nd, 2024 3:54 p.m The German authorities have detained a ship carrying cargo from Russia in the Rostock seaport. According to initial research by the “Ostseezeitung” (OZ),…
War in Ukraine: Rostock customs arrests freighters from Russia
A Russian ship has been docked in the Rostock seaport since the beginning of March. First because of technical problems, then customs prevented the exit because the freighter was exporting…
Religion and customs: The wondrous world of rituals – Bavaria
Praying, burning incense, meditating – people across all denominations seem to have a basic need for holy acts. Why is that? It is just 100 kilometers from Munich to Japan.…
Customs: From pigeon to ostrich eggs: artist paints Easter eggs
regional customs From pigeon to ostrich eggs: artist paints Easter eggs A pigeon egg is given a landscape motif. photo © Jens Büttner/dpa Ines Höfs from Schwerin has built up…
Intangible Cultural Heritage: Ten Customs from Around the World
Since March 13th there have been new additions to the list of German intangible cultural heritage: Berlin techno, mountaineering in Saxony, the Finsterwald singing tradition and the production of apple…
Bavaria: Customs clears “Batmobile” – Bavaria
The Untermünkheim customs office near Schwäbisch Hall was dealing with a speedster for superheroes: A “Batmobile” was registered there for import customs clearance, as the main customs office in Heilbronn…
Smuggling at Munich Airport: Gold circlet in a tomato and cheese baguette – Munich
A traveler tried to smuggle a gold bangle past customs in her travel supplies at Munich airport. The Munich main customs office announced on Tuesday that the 60-year-old had returned…