Published on 19 July 2021
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 28304/16
Damir Abdullovich NASYROV
against Russia
lodged on 6 May 2016
communicated on 30 June 2021
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the customs confiscation of four 500-euro notes described as an “indivisible object of the offence” in the absence of any indication that the cash had been acquired by unlawful means or had proceeded from any illegal activities.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention? In particular, what was the legal basis for ordering the confiscation of the physical banknotes rather than an amount of money in excess of what was permissible to carry across the customs border without declaration (see Adzhigovich v. Russia, no. 23202/05, § 32, 8 October 2009)?
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