50,000 Cuban cigars seized in Rome!

[hotreds]

http://cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/16469

[kelmac07]

Ouch!!

[Ogre]

Damn, that sucks!!!!

[icehog3]

In a statement, Habanos described the seized cigars as counterfeit

If that is indeed the case, then this might be a good thing, no?

[BeerAdvocate]

There goes my order of glass top Cohibas that I ordered online

[GTsetGO]

i love the comments.

"there's no way 63 boxes of cigars is worth 1 million euro"

people can't read.

[pektel]

There goes my order of glass top Cohibas that I ordered online

lol. I saw a bunch of them for sale in Playa del Carmen last week. I woulda grabbed one for you! :r

[IBQTEE1]

Wow.

[maninblack]

Holy smokes!

[HollywoodQue]

Doesn't seem like someone would goes through so much trouble for "counterfeit " cigars. Maybe the real distributors of the cuban's didn't want anyone to know that they were in fact "real" cubans.

[bobarian]

Meh :sh
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[macsauce13]

i love the comments.

"there's no way 63 boxes of cigars is worth 1 million euro"

people can't read.

There are a ton of comments that show a LOT of ignorance. Holy crap those comments were disappointing.

[hotreds]

How stoopid to call them "eggs!"

[mariogolbee]

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[CigarNut]

If they are real I wonder where they were headed... You'd think SA Habano would be a little more careful about the destination for an order that size...

[T.G]

How stoopid to call them "eggs!"

Calling them "Beetles" would have been too obvious.
:rd

[jluck]

Maybe all this to avoid taxes?

[markem]

My understanding is that they were headed to the Middle East and that SA Habanos cooperated with the seizure, since the cigars were fakes. This info is worth exactly what you paid for it.

[pektel]

grey market = counterfeit?

[markem]

grey market = counterfeit?

maybe, maybe not. Often times, grey market is a true CC that's being sold outside of its specified region by a shop that has a different regional CC provider. However, caveat emptor

[pektel]

Yep, I understand the meaning of grey market. I was just speculating the stance by Habanos SA might be to cry counterfeit since the cigars weren't going through the proper channels.

[markem]

If SA Habanos says that they are legit, then we have another Chicago level of paranoia on legit channels in to the US. That would cost vendors millions.

[hotreds]

Hopefully and supposedly more info will be forthcoming.

[icehog3]

Doesn't seem like someone would goes through so much trouble for "counterfeit " cigars. Maybe the real distributors of the cuban's didn't want anyone to know that they were in fact "real" cubans.

Yep, I understand the meaning of grey market. I was just speculating the stance by Habanos SA might be to cry counterfeit since the cigars weren't going through the proper channels.

Definitely within the realm of possibilty. Like Hugh said, hopefully more information will come to light.

[GoatLocker]

Damn! I was wondering what was taking so long. I guess I better contact my vendor. :r

[Inside_INFO]

Hi any news about the cigars in Rome. Who is finally saying the truth...

[hotreds]

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[iaMkcK]

Nothing to see here. 7 months later, I'm sure any and all information that is going to be released -- Has.

[Inside_INFO]

I`m new to this site and I was looking for interesting information about the cigar industries.

[big pete]

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[Inside_INFO]

Is the case finished?
What was the final outcome?
I believe the point of posting information is been able to fallow up...
Thanks

[markem]

It is a good question. If anyone has anything pertinent to post, I'm sure that they will. Since it is a good question, it might be nice for the usual suspects to not jump on the new guy just for asking.

[Inside_INFO]

Thanks Markem.

[iaMkcK]

Didn't mean to come off so brash. Generally speaking, once a government agency gets involved, everyone just kinda.. Shuts up about it. Habanos would never claim they're real, the Government is gonna want Duties paid on it and I doubt on that scale anyone would.

Look up the O'Hare Cohiba Seizure from 2 or 3 years back around November.. It's another massive seizure, except in the US. I'm sure the Customs officers appreciated a few years of free cigars to burn... One.. By One.. By One..

[kydsid]

Didn't mean to come off so brash. Generally speaking, once a government agency gets involved, everyone just kinda.. Shuts up about it. Habanos would never claim they're real, the Government is gonna want Duties paid on it and I doubt on that scale anyone would.

Look up the O'Hare Cohiba Seizure from 2 or 3 years back around November.. It's another massive seizure, except in the US. I'm sure the Customs officers appreciated a few years of free cigars to burn... One.. By One.. By One..

No more like once something happens no one cares to follow up, other than the owner of the goods. And the owner isn't going to bother advertising the outcome. Now if you bothered many governments do publicly announce things, for those willing to look into things. However again apathy rules the day.

And I'm so tired of people repeating that last fallacy. Right up there with cigars from an online merchant are different from those bought in a retail store.

[icehog3]

I'm so tired of people repeating this fallacy. Right up there with cigars from an online merchant are different from those bought in a retail store.

Exactly...as if a Custome Agent making good money and a pension would put that at risk for a $200 box of Cuban cigars. :rolleyes:

[iaMkcK]

Considering I work for the DoD, I know it isn't true -- it's just nice to at least imagine someone got to smoke them.

[Inside_INFO]

I heard from another source that the cigars are real and they are from one of HABANOS SA official vendors.

[JohnRogers]

They need to be burned immediately!

...I'm willing to assist in that endeavor.

(20th similar lame post?)

[Inside_INFO]

And smoke one by one!!!

[Inside_INFO]

don`t forget the italian pasta and a bottle of Tuscany wine...

[T.G]

bishes

[Stephen]

Holy smokes!
No Kevin. Rome, not the Vatican.

[icehog3]

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