Overview
- Customs at Berlin Brandenburg Airport confiscated 60 unlabelled jars holding eight kilograms of black sturgeon caviar from a 38-year-old arriving from Moldova.
- Officers found the jars in her suitcase with no labels or permits, and she could not state a value for the goods.
- She told officials the caviar was a gift for Russian Easter and for her own use.
- Authorities said sturgeon caviar is a protected wildlife product with strict trade and import rules, and the woman now faces possible legal consequences.
- The Potsdam customs office retained the caviar and noted such items require proper labels and wildlife-trade documents because sturgeon stocks have been depleted by overfishing.