Suitcase business

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A suitcase business is the illegal export of cash and securities in the form of real pieces from home to abroad.

When crossing the border to or from Germany, cash and equivalent means of payment with a total value of € 10,000 or more must be reported.

Such money flows are problematic for the preparation of the balance of payments , since their value cannot be recorded. Suitcase transactions are fictitiously taken into account in the passive partial balance of the items ( residual items ) that cannot be broken down statistically . However, this is a purely statistical value, as these transactions can only be estimated quantitatively due to their illegality.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obligation to notify cash when crossing the border. In: Zoll.de. General Customs Directorate, accessed August 26, 2019 .