A Ukrainian couple attempted to smuggle $1.4 million in cash into Romania by concealing it under their clothing. The money was confiscated, and the violators were fined 15,000 lei each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On June 14, 2025, at approximately 7:50 p.m., Romanian border guards stopped a man and woman who were crossing the border on foot at the Porubne-Siret border crossing. During the search, a large amount of cash was found hidden under their clothes and taped to their bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man, 49, was found to have $810,000, and his 39-year-old dual-citizen wife was found to have another $590,000. The total amount was $1.4 million, and none of the vast sums were declared, which is a violation of customs legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Romanian border guards reported that all the money was confiscated, and both violators were fined 15,000 lei (approximately 65,000 hryvnias) each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to current legislation, all amounts exceeding \u20ac10,000 or their equivalent must be declared; failure to assert them is punishable by a fine and confiscation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalist Vitaliy Glagola commented on the situation, emphasizing that the couple attempted to pass the check by hiding the money not in their luggage but directly under their clothes, likely with the aid of tapes or medical devices. Similar cases of violators trying to bypass control have occurred before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Ukrainian couple attempted to smuggle $1.4 million in cash into Romania by concealing it under their clothing. The money was confiscated, and the violators were fined 15,000 lei each. On June 14, 2025, at approximately 7:50 p.m., Romanian border guards stopped a man and woman who were crossing the border on foot at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n