Italian ELVs sold on Bulgarian market

Archiv – Thousands of Italian end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) given up by their owners for recycling have turned up on the Bulgarian market rather than at scrap processors’ yards. Italian finance officials have uncovered an international trade in used cars which were destined for recycling only on paper.Italy | Thousands of Italian end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) given up by their owners for recycling have turned up on the Bulgarian market rather than at scrap processors’ yards. Italian finance officials have uncovered an international trade in used cars which were destined for recycling only on paper.
Thousands of cars with Italian registrations have been loaded at the port of Ancona and shipped to Bulgaria via Greece. The scam was organised by 45 firms across some nine areas of Central and Northern Italy. Since the cars were already declared to be destined for recycling, they escaped normal export taxes and customs duty.