Snoop is not having good luck abroad. Less than two weeks ago he was arrested in Sweden and tested for narcotics. Now, days later, the Italian police stopped the rapper and found $422,000 in his luggage (Louis Vuitton, of course) just as he was about to board a plane.
The issue … Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, had not declared the cash which is against the law.
In the European Union, the maximum amount of cash that you can take in or out of the EU without first declaring it is about $10,959 US.
Ansa, Italy’s leading news agency, reported that half of the amount was seized by the “financiers of the Group of Lamezia” under money laundering laws. The rest was immediately returned to Snoop.
According to Snoop’s lawyer, the cash was obtained legally, as payment for a number of concert appearances. There have been no accusations to the contrary and the remainder is likely to be returned to the entertainer, less applicable fines.
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