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22-11-2023, 06:42 PM
Radio Sintonia:
More than 3,000 counterfeit items worth €1.6 million seized in Corralejo.
The Civil Guard of Fuerteventura has arrested the owner of an establishment, located in Corralejo, in which counterfeit items of prestigious brands were sold for a crime against industrial property.
After the certification, by the experts collaborating with the operation, that all of them were counterfeits, 3,106 counterfeit garments and articles were seized, reaching a retail value of 1,638,873 euros, and the arrest of the owner of the establishment, as the author of a crime against industrial property. having a history of similar Events before.
The Fiscal and Border Patrol (PAFIF) of Puerto del Rosario, in its specific mission against fraud and piracy, carried out an operation in the town of Corralejo against the illicit trade of counterfeit clothing and articles.
The actions took place in an establishment with a large commercial area in which a large number of counterfeit garments and items of prestigious brands were found displayed on the shelves and for sale to the public, such as watches, jewelry, bags, wallets, polo shirts, belts, scarves, etc.
In addition, in the preliminary inspection, the Civil Guard acted with two accredited experts and on behalf of the affected brands which, as explained, have been continuously punished for the illicit trade of this type of counterfeit clothing and articles in different parts of the island, with the disrepute and economic damage that this entails and that have led these brands in the previous years to file complaints for the same facts that led to other similar actions.
More than 3,000 counterfeit items worth €1.6 million seized in Corralejo.
The Civil Guard of Fuerteventura has arrested the owner of an establishment, located in Corralejo, in which counterfeit items of prestigious brands were sold for a crime against industrial property.
After the certification, by the experts collaborating with the operation, that all of them were counterfeits, 3,106 counterfeit garments and articles were seized, reaching a retail value of 1,638,873 euros, and the arrest of the owner of the establishment, as the author of a crime against industrial property. having a history of similar Events before.
The Fiscal and Border Patrol (PAFIF) of Puerto del Rosario, in its specific mission against fraud and piracy, carried out an operation in the town of Corralejo against the illicit trade of counterfeit clothing and articles.
The actions took place in an establishment with a large commercial area in which a large number of counterfeit garments and items of prestigious brands were found displayed on the shelves and for sale to the public, such as watches, jewelry, bags, wallets, polo shirts, belts, scarves, etc.
In addition, in the preliminary inspection, the Civil Guard acted with two accredited experts and on behalf of the affected brands which, as explained, have been continuously punished for the illicit trade of this type of counterfeit clothing and articles in different parts of the island, with the disrepute and economic damage that this entails and that have led these brands in the previous years to file complaints for the same facts that led to other similar actions.