Five containers from Türkiye with clothes and accessories that would have generated over 100 million euros in revenue were stopped

Almost one million items of clothing and accessories from international fashion brands, which would have generated illicit profits of over 100 million euros according to Shipping Italy

This is the first assessment of a seizure carried out in the port of Trieste by officials from the Customs and Monopolies Agency of Trieste and by the Guardia di Finanza, which led to the interception of goods such as trousers, shirts, pyjamas, caps, bags, belts, t-shirts and sweatshirts, all characterised by the presence of (fake) logos of brands such as Adidas, Balenciaga, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Dsquared, Fendi, Gucci, Guess, Hugo Boss, Louis Vuitton, Moncler, Prada, Stone Island, Versace

The Port of Trieste

It is noteworthy that the Port of Trieste complies with the CARGO – A.I.D.A. system requirements. The system provides to all the operators, in Italy and other EU Countries, additional on line information about the cargo status also under the customs point of view. The peculiar rules and regulations of the Free Port will be maintained thanks to an integrated IT system able to comply with the CARGO-AIDA requirements and the Free Port peculiarities.

5 different containers

Packed into 5 different containers, the goods – which were considered “of fine workmanship”, even by the experts delegated by the fashion houses themselves – came from the Turkish port of Ambarli and were destined for the Netherlands. The products, explains a note from Customs, were hidden behind a wall of various types of regularly declared textile products.

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The investigations, still ongoing

The investigations, still ongoing, coordinated by the Deputy Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Trieste Federico Frezza, took place in “convergence” with the European Anti-Fraud Office – Olaf, after further investigations conducted immediately after the seizure made it possible to ascertain that other shipments of textile products – with the same sender and recipient – were being prepared.

In detail, Olaf’s report led the Belgian authorities, Customs explain, to identify another container packed with counterfeit clothing and accessories and therefore to the arrest of five individuals of different nationalities.

About The Free Port of Trieste

It is noteworthy that The Free Port of Trieste was established by the Austrian Emperor Carlo VI in 1719 and strongly developed by his daughter Maria Teresa who considered Trieste as the only Port of the Austrian Empire.

The Porto Franco or Free Port has 5 “free ports” (Punto Franco Vecchio, Punto Franco Nuovo, Punto Franco Scalo Legnami, Punto Franco Oli Minerali and Punto Franco Industriali).

In the Free Port Zone of Trieste, all vessels (no matter the vessel flag) are considered to be the same as the Italian flag as far as the Maritime duties (former light dues) are concerned.

The Port of Trieste complies with the CARGO – A.I.D.A. system requirements. The system provides to all the operators, in Italy and other EU Countries, additional on line information about the cargo status also under the customs point of view. The peculiar rules and regulations of the Free Port will be maintained thanks to an integrated IT system able to comply with the CARGO-AIDA requirements and the Free Port peculiarities.

Source : Italian Media

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