Press
review of October 5, 2007
[Translation
from Italian Original by CCMI Staff]
AGI
news on
Massive
seizure of the revenue police in Florence: more than 510.000 fake articles
discovered.
(Agi)
– Florence, Oct. 4 – Massive confiscation by the Revenue Police (Guardia di
Finanza = GdF) of Florence, more than 510,000 false labels confiscated, a
Chinese man informed against. The fight of GdF of Florence is in fact
unceasingly continuing against the illicit behaviours relative to trade marks
counterfeiting and to the “made in” protection or to products which are not
complying with the European and national safety standards and regarding the
fundamental need for safeguarding the rules of market functioning and
consumers’ health. This phenomenon is more and more concerning textile products
with false signs and labels about quality and composition of said products and
therefore such as to mislead the purchasers. The revenue officers of the police
team of Florence, following specific controls of the clothing sector, both at
retail and wholesale levels, have located at Sesto Fiorentino, on the edge of
Florence a company managed by a citizen of Chinese origin which was importing
from China huge quantities of textile products, in particular scarves and
shawls, bearing labels indicating various fibre contents, as for example, “100%
cashmere”; “70% cashmere, 30% silk”; “100% wool”; 50% wool, 50% viscose; etc.
After having carried out specific technical activities of analysis, it came out
that such products were not in compliance with the national and European
regulations of this sector, since they were composed of completely different
fibres and of very low value in comparison to the ones declared, as for
instance, viscose, polyester and acrylic. The imported products were then sold
on the entire territory of Italy and EU. In particular, during the
intervention, more than 510,000 textile products (scarves, shawls, etc.) have
been confiscated. These articles could have yielded at the retail 5 million
Euros. The 47 years old Chinese man, company’s owner, has been informed against
to the competent Public Prosecutor’s office for fraud in trade and sale with
mendacious signs. (AGI)
FLORENCE – Labels were specifying “100% cashmere”; “70% cashmere, 30% silk”; “100% wool”; “50% wool, 50% viscose”, but actually they were sewn on fake products. The Guardia di Finanza of Florence has confiscated 510,000 of them at Sesto Fiorentino on the outskirts of Florence. Value at retail market: about 5 million Euros. A Chinese citizen, 47 years old, has been informed against for fraud in trade and mendacious signs. (Agr).
510,000 fake products discovered
04/10/2007 – Massive operation of the revenue inspectors of Florence, who have discovered 510,000 fake textile products in a company of Sesto Fiorentino. This company, managed by a 47 years old citizen of Chinese origin, was importing just from China huge quantities of textile products, in particular scarves and shawls, bearing labels that indicated various, but not truthful compositions. For instance, on labels were shown fabrics of cashmere, silk or 100% and 70% wool, but the tests carried out by the policemen have revealed that they were of completely different fibres and of much less value than the declared ones, for example viscose rayon, polyester and acrylic. The imported products, with their fake labels, were then marketed on the whole Italian and European territory. The principal of this firm has been informed against.
Intoscana.it
Fakes: GdF (Guardia di
Finanza = revenue officers) confiscate 510,000 products
(ANSA) – FIRENZE, 4 OCT. – According to the label, the products were of cashmere, silk or wool, on the contrary they were actually woven with viscose, polyester and acrylic. The revenue officers of Florence have discovered and seized more than 510,000 textile products (mainly shawls and scarves) imported from China, that were not in compliance with the regulations both of Italy and EU, in a company of Sesto Fiorentino. The principal, a 47 old Chinese citizen, has been denounced. Once sold at retail, these goods would have yielded about 5 million Euros.
il
Giornale della Toscana
500,000 sequestrations
According
to the label it was a matter of products of cashmere, silk or wool, they were
instead fabrics of viscose, polyester and acrylic. The revenue officers of the
police team of Florence have discovered more than 510,000 textile products
(most of them shawls and scarves), imported from China and not corresponding to
national and Community’s laws, and have confiscated them in a company at Sesto
Fiorentino. The principal of this firm, C.J., a 47 old citizen of Chinese
origin, has been denounced for fraud in trade and sale of products with
mendacious signs.
Scarves and shawls would have yielded about 5 million Euros if sold at retail. Of course it is not the first time that police discovers warehouses with in their inside “mountains” of material imported from China. Recently in a shed at Osmannoro thousands of illegal toys have been discovered.
il Corriere di Firenze
FIRENZE – A massive confiscation of the revenue police has concerned more than 510,000 fake labels, and has involved the accusation of a Chinese man. The fight of the revenue police of Florence is in fact going on incessantly against the illicit conducts concerning the trade marks counterfeit, for the protection of “made in Italy” or the marketing of products non conforming to the Community’s and Italy’s safety standards, with the fundamental need of safeguarding the functioning rules of the market and the consumers’ health. This phenomenon concerns more and more textile products bearing misleading signs and labels regarding the quality of products’ composition and therefore such as to mislead purchasers. The revenue officers of Florence, following specific checks in the clothing sector, both at wholesale and retail, at Sesto Fiorentino, at the gates of Florence, have identified a company, managed by a citizen of Chinese origin, which imported enormous quantities of textile products just from China, particularly scarves and shawls, with labels stating various fibre contents, cashmere, silk, wool, viscose and so on. After specific technical activities of analysis, it has been found the nonconformity of these products to the national and Community’s sector laws, because the same products have been found to be composed of completely different fibres and of much lower value than the declared ones, as for example viscose rayon, polyester and acrylic. The imported products were then marketed on the entire Italian and European territory. In particular, during this intervention, 510,000 textile products, scarves, shawls, etc. The 47 years old Chinese owner of this company has been denounced for fraud in trade and sale of products with mendacious signs.