LIVORNO. Bags that on the busiest beaches in Tuscany would have been sold for 500-600 euros. But as soon as they arrived in a warehouse in Livorno, they were seized. The financial police reported six people for introducing into the State and trading products with false signs and receiving stolen goods, placing seals on over 5,000 items ready for sale. Brands such as Dior, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, McQueen and Chanel.
«The service – they explain from the provincial command of the corps – originates from an autonomous intelligence activity, carried out in the field with inspections, stakeouts and checks on the territory, along the road axes and even in the mail sorting centers, as well as express couriers. During these activities, the yellow flames identified suspicious trafficking and shipments and the related investigative insights, with the help of the databases used by the force and the monitoring of online sales platforms, made it possible to identify the real recipients of the illicit goods”.
Two million euros the potential revenue. «The activity carried out by the Livorno group – continue the military – allowed the seizure of a considerable part of the summer supply, which those responsible for the illegal sale were preparing for the retail sale of luxury fakes along the Tuscan beaches in view of the summer season, to wealthy buyers willing to run the risk of being reported for receiving stolen goods themselves, also paying a significant price (several hundred euros), albeit lower than the real item purchased in a boutique”.
The products were manufactured in Northern Europe. «We “cut” supplies to these people before the start of the bathing season – the colonel’s words Cesare Antuofermo, provincial commander of the Livorno financial police – and our investigative activity will continue. It must be considered that those who purchase these accessories also expose themselves to potential safety risks, given that we cannot know to what standards a counterfeit item of clothing is produced. Anyone who purchases also risks being sued for receiving stolen goods, in addition obviously to the seizure of the illicit item for which they paid handsomely.”
