Firms urged to act more quickly in face of suspected cashew nut scam in Italy
An Italian lawyer has recommended Vietnamese exporters who lost track of 36 sets of original documents in a suspected scam involving 100 cashew nut containers from Vietnam team up with one another and take swift actions to prevent losses.
Representatives of Vietnam's Trade Office in Italy have a working session on the suspected scam with the Banca di Credito Popolare bank in Naples city. (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – An Italian lawyer has recommended Vietnamese exporters who lost track of 36 sets of original documents in asuspected scam involving 100 cashew nut containers from Vietnam team upwith one another and take swift actions to prevent losses.
Lawyer Davide Galllasso, who is coordinatingwith Vietnam’s Trade Office in Italy to deal with this case, told the VietnamNews Agency on March 11 that initial progress has been seen, with the firstfive containers to arrive at the Port of Genoa kept by Italy’s financial police,which was thanks to timely information from the involved businesses, moves bylawyers, and support from the Vietnamese Embassy and Trade Office.
However, that doesn’t mean the Vietnamese companies havegot rid of danger as some people proclaiming themselves the buyer have hired lawyersand liaised with an Italian court to reclaim the goods since they have originaldocuments.
Italian authorities will issue rulings on who is the realowner of the goods and return it to the owner, he said, noting that it is noteasy for Vietnamese firms to prove themselves the real owner when they lost theoriginal documents.
The best solution now is that the Vietnamese companies concernedteam up with one another and take swift actions so that the Italian court viewsthis as a case of dangerous crime and open a trial soon, keeping the goods awayfrom irrelevant parties’ attention and preventing financial losses like storagecosts and spoiled goods, according to Galllasso.
He recommended all the victims gather and immediately sendrelated information such as contracts and delivery codes of the remainingbatches to the Vietnam Trade Office and the lawyer, authorise the lawyer torepresent them to work with Italian authorities, stay updated with thesituation, and follow instructions given by the Trade Office and the lawyer.
The firms whose containers have yet to arrive at Italianports need to take actions more quickly so as to keep their goods safe at theports, he went on, adding that making right and timely decisions will benefitthe businesses involved in this suspected scam./.
Vietnamese exporters are at risk of losing hundreds of millions of USD in a suspected scam in which they have not received any payment as agreed for 100 containers of cashew nuts already dispatched to a buyer in Italy.
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Representatives of Vietnam's Trade Office in Italy have a working session on the suspected scam with the Banca di Credito Popolare bank in Naples city. (Photo: VNA) 
