Italy: Counterfeit Olympic devices: Firm charged in Como province

The monetary police in Como have tracked down an organization that produced counterfeit promotional gadgets for the “Milan-Cortina 2026” Winter Olympics. The firm was charged with counterfeiting.

The firm was found as a part of the “Milan-Cortina 2026” motion plan to guard mental property and fight the sale of counterfeit merchandise, the Italian information company Adnkronos reported on Monday.

Officers from the monetary police monitored crucial on-line marketplaces, amongst different issues, with a purpose to detect attainable counterfeits corresponding to devices, caps and T-shirts. They found a number of T-shirts with a counterfeit “Milan-Cortina 2026” emblem. The investigation led to the identification of an organization energetic within the wholesale of clothes.

Following a search on the firm’s headquarters, the tax officers confiscated three sweatshirts and 42 DTF prints able to be utilized to gadgets of clothes. The partner of the corporate’s authorized consultant was reported to the judicial authorities for counterfeiting.