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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (18 children)

TL;DR My country's customs officers seem to have misappropriated 7 buttplugs, 8 Venus ball sets, 3 non-USB penis devices and 7 sets of BDSM straps.

We had a large shipment of illegal sex toys seized in the Czech Republic, and the customs office held an auction with publicly disclosed contents of the package. There were several suspicious amounts. I have a copy of the list:

Not auctioned individually, only as a complete set. 1 CZK ≈ 0.04 USD. Yes, we have words for sex toy but they specifically chose more formal wording.

Item	Description of the auctioned item	Qty	Unit price	CZK total
1	Erotic aid - anal jewel, 3 pcs/set	594	300 ($13)	178 200,00 ($7722)
2	Erotic aid case	300	210 ($9)	63 000,00 ($2700)
3	Erotic aid (penis)	40	600 ($25)	24 000,00 ($1000)
4	Electric pump	40	90 ($4)	3 600,00 ($160)
5	Sex aid - straps	193	300 ($13)	57 900,00 ($2509)
6	Erotic aid - anal jewel with tail	99	210 ($9)	20 790,00 ($891)
7	Erotic aid for penis without USB	77	300 ($13)	23 100,00 ($1001)
8	Venus balls	112	300 ($13)	33 600,00 ($1456)
9	Enema	210	120 ($5)	25 200,00 ($1050)
10	Enema with black pouch	30	150 ($7)	4 500,00 ($210)
	Total price (CZK)			433 890,00 ($18,315)
	Auction start at (CZK)			144 630,00 ($6105)

The goods have been legalized for resale in the EU even though some lack CE certification.

Auction notice including photos (Czech, PDF, 9,74 MiB) / Deep-L's English translation of the document (view in browser) - gets interesting on page 5, or just click the hyperlinked items for extracted images (only 6 seems to have been published)

Above is translation of a Reddit comment I had made here but since overwritten with a power-delete tool.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I am kinda curious what about these were illegal. Like, are they particularly shoddy home-made stuff? Just some boring lack of import permits? Does Czechia have strict laws around sex toys?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, likely just incorrectly declared and the importer failed to respond to a tax evasion fine. The Czech Republic is pretty lax when it comes to regulating such things (heck, even this was allowed). They could be legalized without a CE certificate, just some paper work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Based on a few docu-series I've seen on the Internet that include casting interviews, adult parties, and erotic behaviors in public, I'm pretty certain that the Czech Republic is lax on sexual matters.

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