Guardia di Finanza, 412 violations at Fiumicino airport, 96.7 million euros undeclared and 2.5 million euros seized

Currency intercepted for over 130 million euros, more than 96.7 million euros moved in violation of the obligations established by currency legislation, 412 violations confirmed and over 2.5 million euros subjected to seizure. These are the numbers relating to the activity carried out by the financiers of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Rome and by the officials of the Customs and Monopolies Agency of the Lazio 2 Customs Office since the beginning of 2026 at Fiumicino airport.

The checks, carried out to evaluate compliance with declaration obligations and to identify currency flows and movements outside the rules established by national and European legislation, involved passengers in transit and their hand and hold baggage.

Overall, the checks, as reported by the Fiamme Gialle, «made it possible to intercept currency movements for 131,571,364.46 euros. Of these, 96,786,028.46 euros were found to have been handled in violations of the declaration obligations established by the legislation on the cross-border transfer of cash".

Following the verification of 412 violations, the administrative seizure of 2,552,109.60 euros was triggered. «For another 14,289,807 euros, however - underlines the Gdf in a note -, the passengers avoided the blocking of the money by regularizing their position on the spot by paying an immediate fine to the Treasury, calculated on the excess over the legal limit of 10,000 euros, with a quota that varies between 15% and 30% of the excess sum».