LASKER, District Judge.
This action was brought by the United States of America ("the government") seeking forfeiture of the subject Tintoretto painting pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 545 and 19 U.S.C. § 1592 on the grounds that the painting was "fraudulently ... import[ed]" into the United States and that a "sale of such merchandise after importation [was attempted] knowing the same to have been imported or brought into the United States contrary to law," in violation...
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