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Patagonian squid, Pleoticus muelleri. (Photo: Stock File)
Underinvoicing of seafood exports investigated
(ARGENTINA, 5/1/2015)
The Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) conducted a series of raids in the business offices of Caputo Group (composed of the firms Taturiello SA, Ostramar SA and Kalari SA), in the port of Mar del Plata.
The government agency had the support of the National Guard to begin investigating these companies denounced for alleged tax evasion and smuggling.
AFIP suspects that these companies have underinvoiced fish exports, mainly shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) and squid (Illex argentinus), which it would have performed for and on behalf of alleged Uruguayan companies, Pescare informed.
Customs determined that the flight of capital arises from the difference between the underinvoicing of exports and their actual values.
Underinvoicing maneuvers, which would allow the companies to pay lower customs duties and income tax, would have been carried out by submitting fake data hiding triangulations with nominee companies in Uruguay.
"With this move, the currencies that were left abroad and not liquidated in the Central Bank amounted to USD 5.6 million," reported the AFIP.
The procedures were ordered by the head of the Federal Court No. 3 of Mar del Plata, Santiago Inchausti, to seek information about the alleged crime.
In addition to Caputo commercial offices, the houses of the local representatives of the Danish-Uruguayan firm JP Klausen and a shipping agency located in the port of Mar del Plata were raided.
By Analia Murias
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www.seafood.media
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HIPOLITO IRIGOYEN 370 pISO CUARTO OFICINA 4742
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Buenos Aiures
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(1424)
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Argentina
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+54 61 232693
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+54
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[email protected]
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