The statement no.6595 issued by the Supreme Court on February 13th of 2017 declared the lawfulness of the seizure of wife’s personal goods for tax crimes charged on the husband.

In this particular case, the precautionary measure concerned some seized jewels submitted to a warrant issued against the husband for several tax crimes.

The Judge for preliminary investigations denied the request issued by the wife for the restitution of the jewels, arguing the discovery of jewels in the marital home and incapability of his wife to justify the purchase with her own income.

In addition, the Court specified that the sole discovery of the jewels in the marital home is not a proof of their belonging to the wife, and that seizure excludes only strictly personal items, which for this reason are removed from the joint estate.