{"id":1991,"date":"2023-05-18T19:44:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T19:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/blog\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2023-06-12T13:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:34:17","slug":"russian-agents-detain-man-smuggling-25-kg-of-gold-bars-in-luggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/blog\/russian-agents-detain-man-smuggling-25-kg-of-gold-bars-in-luggage\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Agents Detain Man Smuggling 25 kg of Gold Bars in Luggage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russian authorities have detained a man at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow on suspicion of gold smuggling. Customs officials were alerted about suspicious items and s<a href=\"https:\/\/newsyou.info\/en\/2023\/05\/rosiyanin-namagavsya-vivezti-z-rf-24-kg-zolota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earched inside the man&#8217;s luggage<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the search, officials say they uncovered two recently <a href=\"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/collection\/Gold-Gram-Bars\/\">minted gold bars<\/a> weighing a combined total of 24.75 kg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man has not been identify has not been released by authorities. However, a video circulating on social media shows what appears to be a man in custody in an office with authorities photographing two 400 troy ounce LBMA-style&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/gold\/closest-to-spot.php?category=gold&amp;type=bars\">gold bars<\/a> laying out on a desk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russia: Person caught at Domodedovo airport in Moscow trying to leave the country with nearly $1.6 million in gold bars (24.75kg) minted in 2022 &amp; 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTE9knt5mV\">pic.twitter.com\/NTE9knt5mV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/igorsushko\/status\/1658912766273667073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The gold bars are both stamped with \u0420\u041e\u0421\u0421\u0418\u042f, the hallmark of the Russian Federation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bar in the top part of the frame is hallmarked with the insignia for Novosibirsk Siberia. Novosibirsk is home to the headquarters of a legendary gold refinery and bar manufacturing plant that was built during the USSR period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second bar shows the hallmark for <a href=\"https:\/\/technology.krastsvetmet.ru\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Krastsvetmet<\/a>. Krastsvetmet was established in 1943 during World War II with a focus on platinum group metals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gold refinery at Kastsvetmet opened in 1959 but was updated and expanded during the 1990s and is now the largest refiner of newly mined gold in the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to sanctions being implemented in response to the Ukrainian War, Russia had eight refineries that were listed a Good Delivery providers having LBMA Accreditation <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russian News service reports that the man faces 3 to 7 years in prison for smuggling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video circulating on social media shows what appears to be a man in custody in an office with authorities photographing two LBMA-style\u00a012.5 kg gold bars laying out on a desk. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447,545],"tags":[288,814,965],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gold-bars","category-news","tag-gold-bars","tag-gold-smuggling","tag-russia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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