Vietnamese firms regain ownership of all 100 cashew nut containers in Italy scam

ABO/NDO – The ownership of all 100 cashew nut containers related to a suspect scam in Italy has returned to Vietnamese businesses, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in the European country. The containers, belonging to six Vietnamese exporters, were sold under contracts with a group of five importers in Italy. As the containers had been already dispatched, with some having reached Italian ports, the Vietnamese sellers claimed that they had not received any payment as agreed from the buyers and had lost track of the original documents of the consignments. According to the office, right after scam signs were detected, the Vietnamese firms coordinated with relevant agencies to stop the delivery of 26 containers. Among the 74 containers already loaded on ships, 39 that were transiting in Singapore were turned backed to Vietnam. For the containers that were en route to Italy, the Vietnamese side asked the delivery agencies to return the original documents to the exporters. ...