66,000 Counterfeit Football Shirts Seized Across Spain in Nationwide World Cup Crackdown
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International operation involving Interpol, Europol, OLAF and EUIPO uncovers counterfeit sportswear trafficking ring
66,000 counterfeit football shirts seized across Spain in nationwide World Cup crackdown
I’m sure no one is entirely innocent when it comes to buying clothing or items from street vendors in Spain, I know I’ve picked up the odd bracelet or pair of sunglasses myself, but what may seem like an innocent purchase has now been brought into focus after police seized more than 66,000 fake football shirts in what has been described as one of the biggest crackdowns on illegal merchandise… Source
STATE OPERATION TO GREAT SCALE: The National Police, which has also acted in Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga or Elx, has arrested 95 people and seized 16 tons of clothes, which represent a fraud of 7 million euros.
The police have seized more than 66,000 counterfeit soccer shirts that were to be sold during the football World Cup, which is being held this year in Mexico, Canada and the United States, in a blow to the illegal trafficking of these products, also in Barcelona and Girona, which has resulted in 95 detainees.
The National Police, in a macro-round with Interpol, Europol, Euipo and Olaf, has intervened more than 66,000 fake football t-shirts that were to be distributed during the...
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