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Moscow Inter-Regional Transport Investigations Directorate of Russia’s Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal case against a 50-year-old citizen of the United States of America Suzanne Dicker. She is suspected of a crime under paragraph “d” of part 2 of article 194 of RF Criminal Code (the evasion of customs payments collected from natural person committed on especially large scale).

According to investigators, on 3 March 2012 Suzanne Dicker being a flight attendant of a well-known airline company arrived from New-York to Sheremetyevo airport where she, while crossing the customs union border, took a “green corridor” for passengers with no goods subject to compulsory written declaration and was stopped by a customs inspector for customs control. The customs body search of the woman discovered jewels and expensive (brand made) watches worth over eight million rubles. Thus, Suzanne Dicker evaded payment of more than 3.5 million rubles customs fees.

At present investigation operations are under way to establish all circumstances of the crime. Dicker is held on suspicions of the crime and investigators are deciding on pre-trial restraining measure. Investigation is to be continued.