Frankfurt customs confiscates violinist Janke's Stradivarius

TOKYO, Japan - Violinist Yuki Manuela Janke, a resident of Germany, poses with a Stradivarius violin in Tokyo in September 2012. The violin was confiscated by customs officers at the international airport in Frankfurt later in the month, the Nippon Music Foundation, a Japanese entity leasing the instrument, said Oct. 4, 2012. The German customs authority said it will keep the violin, one of the most coveted makes, unless Janke pays a duty of 120 million yen, on the grounds it is an item that needs to be declared for taxation.

• Product Code
• ILEA001175384

• Registered date
• 2012/10/04 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• 2012 Kyodo News

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• 1746 × 2804 pixel

• Resolution
• 240 dpi

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• 2.74(MB)*

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