“If the securities are found to be genuine, the smugglers could be fined 40 percent of the total value for attempting to take them out of the country. Not a bad payday for a government grappling with a widening budget deficit and rebuilding the town of L’Aquila, which was destroyed by an earthquake in April.”
This story is definitely gaining media attention, as it should. I can’t wait to see the movie.
quite insightful analysis of this...at bloomberg site.