An adviser to the former Brazilian government allegedly tried to illegally smuggle jewelry into the country for ex-president Jair Bolsonaro. This is apparent from a message in the Brazilian daily “O Estado de São Paulo” on Friday. The jewelry, worth $ 3.2 million (3 million euros), is said to have been given by Saudi Arabia to Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle and was discovered at São Paulo airport.
According to the report, it involved a diamond necklace, a ring, earrings and a luxury watch. According to the AP news agency, such imports must be declared for tax purposes. In the case of the jewelry, this should not have happened.
Bolsonaro denied the allegations on Saturday. “I am being accused of a gift that I neither asked for nor received,” the ex-president told CNN Brazil. “I have never committed any unlawful acts,” he said. Justice Minister Flávio Dino announced that he would ask for a police investigation.
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