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AFAICT this fine was levied by the Italian government, not the EU.



In the countries that are members of the EU, we don't have US-like 'civil forfeiture' where police just grabs some cash for themselves


Italy is an EU member. As a general rule in the EU, fines levied by members governments go back to the general budget of said government.




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