Last cashew nut containers in Italy scam freed & More News Here

VIETNAM, May 31 –  

Cashew processing in a manufacturing facility in Việt Nam (Illustrative picture). — VNA/VNS Photo 

ROME — The final of the 35 cashew nut containers, the unique paperwork of which had been claimed by Vietnamese exporters to be lacking due to a suspected scam, have been finally launched below an Italian court docket rule.

They are amongst a complete of 100 containers of the product shipped to a purchaser in Italy. As the containers had been already dispatched, with some having reached Italian ports, the Vietnamese sellers claimed that that they had not obtained any fee as agreed from the customer and had misplaced observe of the unique paperwork of the consignments.

After the case was taken to court docket in Italy, the sellers gained management of 12 containers in early April. The remaining 23 had been returned on May 30.

According to legal professional Davide Gallasso from Gallasso & Associati, a regulation agency employed to defend the six Vietnamese firms who initially owned the containers, Italian courts have dominated in favour of the entire exporters and these are essential steps for them.

Three of the exporters have paid 150 per cent of the worth of their consignments as deposits for delivery traces to retrieve the products whereas others haven’t agreed to take action and a felony court docket in Genova has dominated that they’ll take again the products or promote them to new consumers inside 30 days of the decision.

Similarly, a civil court docket in Larino has affirmed the correct of the Vietnamese exporters to regain their possession of the containers and rejected all objections and counterclaims from the customer.

Gallasso & Associati attorneys are working with Italian customs and monetary police to assist the Vietnamese corporations clear the containers from ports in the approaching days.

Meanwhile, prosecutors in Naples who’re investigating unlawful actions of the customer have requested the police and anti-fraud authority to seek for and seize all of the 35 stolen units of the unique payments of lading, affirming “Vietnamese exporters are victims of a fraudulent scheme”.

Those having already paid deposits are being supported to get refund from the delivery traces, which, based on the attorneys, might be extra difficult and take far more time.

The attorneys have additionally really helpful that to keep away from related incidents, it is vital for Vietnamese firms to be extra cautious when negotiating worldwide enterprise contracts. — VNS