Ethiopia: Searches to Begin for Illegally Transferred Duty-Free Cars

The Ministry of Revenues will start surprise searches looking for vehicles that came into the country with a duty free privilege but have been sold to a third party.

An official from the Ministry told Fortune that the search will start on September 6, 2006. An enforcement force from the Ethiopian customs Authority and the Traffic police will do the search on the roads of Addis Abeba. The search will focus on duty free vehicles that entered the country and are now owned by a third party, as well as 144 vehicles which officials suspect of having entering the country on forged documents.

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