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Originally Posted by frozennorth
What if a person pays for the item and sends it as a gift to a relative? Would that still be considered a criminal offence.
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Of course not, because then it really
is a gift
. It would only not be so if the recipient were to pay the buyer to purchase it and send it.
I run a mail-order business myself, and you'd be amazed at the number of people who "try it on" and ask us to declare an item as a "gift" on the customs form. The answer is always "no".