Two previously missed investigations from German customs into luxury car exports to Russia:
After commencing an investigation in December 2024, and raids conducted in May 2025, German Customs obtained an asset freeze over €16.5m.
The investigation is into a 41 year-old German-Moldovan national suspected of exporting 236 vehicles to Russia valued at €18.86m.
Further searches were conducted at properties in Ger and Teuchern in December 2025.
Raids and property searches were carried out in Hamburg relating to a company’s managing director suspected of more than 900 prohibited imports from Russia valued at over €4m.
The press release notes that “due to the ongoing investigations, no statement can yet be made about the type of goods”.