Originally posted by: MistyDawn
But I don't think there was any other way to have Raghav open his eyes.. Its cliched I know but Im liking it.. I know these kinda encounters in tax evasion/smuggling case is far fetched but its ITV ..we have seen worse. They are loosely using tax evasion and smuggling as interchangeable words now.. I thing smuggling is more serious.. I could be wrong.. but yeah, Im still loving this track and also liking how its going..
I agree before it was tax evasion.. then customs evasion... & now smuggling. They're being convoluted about what he's actually doing. Tax evasion isn't dangerous - you literally get a letter, get audited, and have to pay your backtaxes.. Customs evasion I think is similar in that way. Smuggling is the most "dangerous" of the 3, but diamond smuggling is also something relatively easy to do bc it's actually really hard to get caught - I legit just googled it LOL and this is what I found:
"Polished stones are effectively untraceable, and the certificates themselves are laughably simple and easily forged, so all that smugglers need to do is get their stones into India’s massive diamond exchange warehouses, mix them with legitimate stuff, borrow KP certificates from legitimately imported goods, and courier the laundered products out to the West as “conflict-free” merchandise."
So the chances of even diamond smuggling being that violent is rare.
They turned the whole crime and situation violent because without this being violent, bc as you said, there was no way to get Raghav to change his ways. Simple tax audits wouldn't be enough to change Raghav - most business men just skirt around the issue of backtaxes and keep it moving.
if anyone is interested in light reading about diamond smuggling 🤓 : https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/lets-deal-a-conversation-with-a-diamond-smuggler