14th-century samurai sword found in car at Swiss border

ariel · 2nd June 2022, 05:56 AM

‘“Routine search”, my foot…
Swiss policemen with their exquisite expertise in Nihonto, “routinely” stopped and searched the car already in Switzerland (!) and immediately recognized that the sword was important and hugely expensive and not a “samauri scimitar “ made in China:-)
The transaction was obviously known in detail by the authorities, the car was marked and the search team was ready. Custom duties and sales taxes were substantial enough to justify the effort.
German and Swiss financial authorities must have good informants.

No way the participants were either members or lurkers on this Forum: we are far too small a fish to have even the smallest chance to get involved with six figure sums:-)

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2nd June 2022, 05:56 AM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	‘“Routine search”, my foot… Swiss policemen with their exquisite expertise in Nihonto, “routinely” stopped and searched the car already in Switzerland (!) and immediately recognized that the sword was important and hugely expensive and not a “samauri scimitar “ made in China:-) The transaction was obviously known in detail by the authorities, the car was marked and the search team was ready. Custom duties and sales taxes were substantial enough to justify the effort. German and Swiss financial authorities must have good informants. No way the participants were either members or lurkers on this Forum: we are far too small a fish to have even the smallest chance to get involved with six figure sums:-)