The soldiers of the provincial command of the Guardia di Finanza of Turin have completed a vast operation to combat counterfeiting in the automotive sector, during which approximately 500 thousand car parts bearing the counterfeit effigies of the most well-known national and international car manufacturers (Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Citroen, Opel, Peugeot, Dacia, Skoda, Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota, Nissan, Renault, Seat, Iveco, Chevrolet), as well as numerous machinery and molds used for the illicit production, for a commercial value estimated at over 8 million euros. Adn Kronos reports it.
Multiple searches were carried out throughout the national territory at the disposal of the prosecuting judicial authority, particularly in Piedmont, Campania, Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, Lombardy and Tuscany, relating not only to the Piedmontese production plants but also to all retailers wholesale and retail identified as the subject of the seizures carried out were found to be attributable to car components, such as wheel covers, hub caps, coats of arms, ornamental elements and bodywork tuning, reproducing – without possession of any licence/authorisation – the brands falling within the scope of the industrial property law of the aforementioned car manufacturers.
In total, there are 20 subjects under investigation who will have to answer, in competition, for the manufacture and trade of counterfeit products, with the aggravating circumstance of having committed them in a systematic way and through the setting up of means and organized activities, and for receiving stolen goods
