With Kentucky expecting a shipment of 250 pounds of hemp seeds from Italy, the DEA stepped in, impounding the shipment and claiming the importation was still illegal because under current federal drug law, both hemp and cannabis are considered Schedule I substances.
In 2012, authorities in Ghana impounded the Libertad, a three-masted Argentine naval ship manned by a three-hundred-person crew.
By Jonathan Blitzer April 24, 2014 In 2012, authorities in Ghana impounded the Libertad, a three-masted Argentine naval ship manned by a three-hundred-person crew.
Mr. Gotti Tedeschi had come under intense scrutiny in 2010, when magistrates in Rome impounded $30 million from two external accounts used by the Vatican bank and placed him and the bank's director general, Paolo Cipriani, under investigation in a case related to money laundering.
VATICAN CITY — Just days after Pope Benedict XVI returned from a 2010 trip to Britain where he met the queen and mended fences with the Anglicans, prosecutors in Rome impounded $30 million from the Vatican Bank in an investigation linked to money laundering.
When the tide comes in, water is impounded in one or more reservoirs.
There's a story the locals love recently dramatized in the Colombian TV series Escobar, el Patrón del Mal that, after authorities in Bogotá impounded zebras destined for his zoo, Pablo sent his men to steal them back, replacing the exotic animals with donkeys painted with black and white stripes.
There's a story the locals love recently dramatized in the Colombian TV series Escobar, el Patrón del Mal that, after authorities in Bogota impounded zebras destined for his zoo, Pablo sent his men to steal them back, replacing the exotic animals with donkeys painted with black and white stripes.
Rapids interrupt its course at several points, although some of these (such as below Bamako, Mali) have been submerged in waters impounded by dams.
Last month, prosecutors in Italy impounded millions of bottles from some of the most prominent Italian winemakers, including Antinori and Frescobaldi.
A second batch of 7,000 of the paints was imported by the firm but the council stepped in and impounded them.
