Expensive but Forbidden

April 3, 2001

There have been no reductions in car smuggling, despite the fact that the import of luxury cars is no longer banned and import duties have been slashed. There are about 180 smuggled luxury cars locked away at the moment in the Customs & Excise service warehouse at Tanjung Priok harbor, plus 33 in its Tanjung Perak harbor warehouse. Recently, six more cars were seized in Pekanbaru. The contraband are luxury vehicles, ranging from a Toyota Crow...

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