Fake soccer jerseys and kits: Vercelli investigation begins

The laboratory was in the province of Bergamo

Vercelli (29.09.2021 – 13.16) – The investigation began last May when a patrol of the Vercelli Traffic Police Department, of the Road Control Service, searched a Vercelli County man, in whose case he was driving a pick-up truck. Several counterfeit items (clothing, tools) and in particular 806 items were found. Including protective masks and sports materials, related to various national and international football teams. T-shirts and face masks, with printed names and game numbers for different players, were directed to stalls usually found outside stadiums or local markets. Accordingly, this matter was reported to the judicial authority of the crime of possessing counterfeit products with distinctive marks for trade purposes and the crime of receiving stolen goods, while all the counterfeit goods that were found were subject to confiscation.

Investigations conducted by the Judicial Police Team of the Traffic Police Department in Vercelli made it possible to verify in addition to the fact that the counterfeit products had been completely counterfeited and specifically the clothes bearing Adidas, Nike, Kappa, etc. That what is being reported, ie football club logos, colors, sponsors, etc., has allowed us to reconstruct the entire chain of production and sale of counterfeit goods, right up to a small village located on the banks of the Oglio River in the province of Bergamo, namely in Palosco ( BG) where a small family-run laboratory was identified, which in addition to the production of ordinary goods was found to specialize in the reproduction of sporting goods (various clothes and paraphernalia) but, during the pandemic, also in the production of protective face masks bearing the emblems of all national football teams but also of masks Important as Gucci, Chanel, Dolce, Gabbana, Dsquared, Nike, Adidas, etc.

On the orders of the Bergamo Public Prosecutor’s Office (BG), searches were carried out in the industrial area of ​​Palosco and in some houses where printing works were confiscated, where an additional 1,224 items of clothing, tools and masks were found. have found. Fake and ready for sale.

In particular, inside the printing press, no. 2 plotters (machines for printing on fabric) with cliches inside ready to print shirt number. No. 22 of the Juventus football player Chiesa and that number. No. 9 from Atalanta’s soccer player. Morel.

Also in this case, the products together with the machines were seized and the owner, a man of Campania origin, was reported to the AG of the crime of producing and selling counterfeit products.

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