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Customs seized goods for more than U$S 2 million
In the first six months of 2011, the DNA carried out 1.153 seizure operatives for a total amount of goods of U$S 2.3 million. Last year 2.027 seizures were done for U$S 5.11 million, while 2.045 in 2009 for a total of U$S 4.2 million. According to projections, the DNA expects to end the year with similar numbers as the recorded in the previous ones.
The jewelry leads this list with U$S 614.000 (26%), followed by toys with U$S 329.000 (14%), while drug seizures are located in the third position with U$S 292.000 (13%).
Jewelry includes high quality products that enter in huge quantities from Buenos Aires and that have the most famous Uruguayan summer resorts as their principal destination.
Other seized items are clothing products (U$S 244.000, , 8%) bearing well-known brands, which are distributed in fairs, shops and stalls come mostly from “La Salada” market in Buenos Aires and entered into the Uruguayan territory through the cities of Colonia, Fray Bentos and Paysandú (all of them in the border with Argentina).
Then cab be found in the aforementioned list the following goods: videogames (U$S 192.000), money ($S 130.000), CDs(U$S 118.000), vehicles (U$S 57.800) and cigarettes (U$S 48.700).
Pittaluga Abogados
Pittaluga Abogados, has initiated its professional practice 20 years ago, as an Intellectual Property Law Firm.
After some years providing a specialized and top level service for foreign clients, many of them among the world premier companies, Pittaluga Abogados obtained a recognized international prestige in said field, which convert it into one of the leaders Intellectual Property Law Firms in Uruguay.
Thus, today in P&A we take pride in emphasizing that our goal has always been and will continue being, to keep a personal relationship with our clients, considering at all times the priorities of our clients as our own, with the belief that each one of them is unique and irreplaceable.
