World · East Asia & Pacific · 2 hrs ago
South Korean man gets suspended fine for smuggling used clothes to sell
A Busan court sentenced a man for smuggling used clothes he had brought into South Korea to sell.
From June 2021 to June 2025, he declared the goods as items for personal use instead of sales stock.
He brought in clothes and other goods 503 times, worth 121.04 million won in total.
He also used other people’s names as recipients on 37 occasions.
The court gave him a 5 million won fine, suspended for two years.
It said it took into account that he had no prior convictions and that some circumstances of the case could be considered.
A South Korean court gave a man a suspended fine for smuggling used clothes and other goods intended for resale.
The man brought in goods worth 121.04 million won without customs declarations on 503 occasions.
He disguised the goods as items for personal use and used other people’s names in some imports.
The Busan District Court sentenced him to a fine of 5 million won, suspended for two years.
The court cited his lack of prior convictions and circumstances that could partly be taken into account.
- Who
- A man in his 30s.
- What
- He was convicted of smuggling goods, including used clothes, without customs declarations and received a suspended fine.
- When
- From June 2021 to June 2025.
- Where
- He brought the goods into South Korea. The sentence was issued by the Busan District Court.
- Why
- He imported the goods to sell them in South Korea.
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The man began bringing goods bought overseas into South Korea for sale without declaring them to customs.
He imported five used clothing items using another person’s name as the consignee.
The period covered by the reported smuggling ended; the goods had been imported on 503 occasions.
Yonhap reported that the Busan District Court had sentenced the man to a suspended fine.
- Fine
- 5 million won
- Suspended term
- 2 years
- Number of import occasions
- 503
- Reported value of goods
- 121.04 million won
- Imports using other people’s names
- 37 occasions
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