Italian customs officials have recently stopped two Japanese men at the Italian-Swiss border carrying United States bonds worth $134 billion hidden in their suitcase.
This has been labeled as "either the biggest smuggling operation in history or a fraud of equally impressive proportions."
According to the official police statement, "the men's luggage included 249 government bonds worth $500 million and 10 so-called Kennedy bonds, each worth a billion dollars."
Italian officials are still checking the authenticity of the bonds.
The German Spiegel writes that if the bonds "turn out to be authentic, Italy is set for a windfall. According to the Italian law, the state could fine the men 40 percent of the seized money," which comes to $53 billion!?!
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Comments: 9
they could be nikon cammera sales men lol!!!!
Wow! Keep us posted, please? This may not be something that we hear about on our "liberal media..." (laughter, gasp, gasp, laughter!)
Wilka
I'm surprised that no one has written about this apart from the Italian and German media. $134 billion (real or fake) hidden in a suitcase is a story worth reporting!
Wow - I bet Italy hopes it's real.
Unbelievable.
What if those bonds are fake? I want to find follow up on this!
Cash?
How much does that weigh?
It wasn't cash but 249 US government bonds...