Over 20,000 items of clothing and accessories with counterfeit brands of the most famous fashion brands have been seized by the Sassari Finance Police.
The investigations , conducted by the Tenenza di Porto Torres, started last April when the announcements for the sale of the garments appeared on the web , mainly via Instagram.
The military first checked three packages sent by courier to a young woman residing in the center of Sassari: the checks revealed shoes, T-shirts and bags with the trademarks of well-known counterfeit brands.
The subsequent search of the woman's home allowed further counterfeit clothing and shoes to be found and seized.
The acquired data then made it possible to reconstruct part of the counterfeit chain and identify further deliveries in two different Italian municipalities in Lombardy and Sicily. Also in this case, the activities carried out by the Departments of the Guardia di Finanza led to the accusation on the loose of two perpetrators and the further seizure of over 1,000 pieces of counterfeit clothing and accessories .
Then , in the warehouses of some transport companies, all suspicious shipments directed to the national territory and from four foreign companies operating in Bulgaria were intercepted. Control over 70 direct shipments in every part of the peninsula, for a total of 130 large packages with a total weight of over 4,400 kg of goods .
Many of the garments with counterfeit brand, the GdF specify, for the quality of the workmanship and the details could have deceived even the most attentive of customers.
(Unioneonline / vl)
