From Rihanna, via Julia Roberts, to Mariah Carey, the Swiss jewelery brand that the Bolsonaro government has tried to receive without informing the Revenue Agency is appreciated and has pieces contested by celebrities
BRASÍLIA – Rihanna, Julia Roberts, Eva Herzigova, Marion Cotillard and Mariah Carey. These are just some of the names of celebrities who tend to wear, on special occasions, a Chopard jewel, a diamond parure brand that the Saudi Arabian government sent as a gift to then President Jair Bolsonaro and First Lady Michele Bolsonaro.
As revealed the Stadiumthe jewels did not arrive in the hands of the presidential couple, because they were held at the customs of the Guarulhos airport, in Sao Paulo, during an attempt to illegally enter the country with million-dollar items.
Brand of Swiss origin recognized worldwide for its luxury items, Chopard was founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard, one of the most recognized Swiss watchmakers in the world.
OR Stadium he discovered that the jewels sent by the Saudi regime to the Bolsonaro couple even contained a detailed certificate from Chopard, detailing exactly its origin and the pieces it contained.
In 2018, Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine made headlines when she wore a necklace valued at over R$3 million in Cannes, France at a Chopard party. In May of last year, actress Elle Fanning was also in Cannes, with a Chopard diamond bow in her hair, a diamond heart necklace and a diamond bracelet.
The exact value of the diamond jewelry set that the Brazilian government leaders carried in their luggage without declaring it to the Revenue Agency has not yet been adequately detailed. When the items were identified by federal revenue agents and seized for missing import declarations, the jewelry inspectors’ estimated value for the jewelry, in an Internet search, indicated that the items were priced at approximately $1 million. . Subsequently, in a more accurate analysis of the jewels, the estimate rose to about 3 million euros, equal to R$ 16.5 million.
As revealed the Stadium, the jewels were about to be auctioned by the Revenue Agency, after four frustrated attempts by Bolsonaro to recover the objects. The Revenue Agency decided to block the offer, because the jewels began to be classified as evidence of possible crimes.
Bolsonaro has tried, in every way, to recover the jewels, with actions carried out through his ministries and his own cabinet. There have been four failed attempts, involving the presidential office, three ministries (Economy, Mines and Energy, and Foreign Affairs) and the military.
The latest occurred when the president was just three days away from leaving office, on December 29.
The former president authorized a government official to take a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane that day and land at Guarulhos airport, saying he was there to remove the jewels. “You can’t have anything from the old (government) to the next, you have to take everything and take it,” the military argued, according to the newspaper. The trip was authorized by Bolsonaro himself, as shown by official documents.
Source: Terra
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