https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Known as the 'safe beaches' directive, the new set of measures aims to clamp down on the trade and production of counterfeit goods by illegal vendors in and around Italy's beaches. https://www.thelocal.it/20180625/beachgoers-in-italy-to-be-fined-up-to-7000-for-buying-counterfeit-goods-from-illegal-vendors Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:13:00 +0200 beachgoers-in-italy-to-be-fined-up-to-7000-for-buying-counterfeit-goods-from-illegal-vendors Italian police announced on Monday the arrest of 13 suspected counterfeiters and the seizure of more than 900,000 high-quality fake banknotes with a value of more than €28 million. https://www.thelocal.it/20171114/italy-seizes-more-than-28-million-in-fake-bank-notes Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:06:02 +0100 italy-seizes-more-than-28-million-in-fake-bank-notes A gang of counterfeiters in southern Italy were caught red-handed as they printed fake €20 bills - a new banknote reputed to incorporate the latest tricks to defeat forgers. https://www.thelocal.it/20160720/italian-counterfeiters-crank-out-new-20-note-in-naples Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:53:06 +0200 italian-counterfeiters-crank-out-new-20-note-in-naples A French woman is facing charges for counterfeiting after she allegedly created a cloned Prada website, which sold fake copies of merchandise made by the famous Italian fashion house. https://www.thelocal.it/20160122/french-woman-behind-cloned-site-that-sold-fake-prada-goods Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:17:39 +0100 french-woman-behind-cloned-site-that-sold-fake-prada-goods Italian police have confiscated 3,500 fake "papal benedictions" worth €70,000 in a blitz on counterfeit goods which saw one million objects seized in a week, the interior ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151214/italy-police-swoop-on-papal-blessing-swindlers Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:57:35 +0100 italy-police-swoop-on-papal-blessing-swindlers Italian luxury jacket manufacturer Moncler said on Monday it had won major damages from a Beijing-based counterfeiter in what it described as a landmark application of new Chinese trademark legislation. https://www.thelocal.it/20151117/italys-moncler-wins-china-counterfeit-case Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:51:27 +0100 italys-moncler-wins-china-counterfeit-case Italy suffers the biggest losses in the EU from counterfeited fashion, according to a study released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150722/italy-loses-the-most-in-eu-from-rip-off-fashion Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:23:08 +0200 italy-loses-the-most-in-eu-from-rip-off-fashion The Italian farmers association Coldiretti has warned of a growing number of counterfeit Italian goods in Russia after a fake Italian cheese was discovered in the Russian pavilion at the World Expo. https://www.thelocal.it/20150624/russias-italian-rip-offs-offend-at-expo Wed, 24 Jun 2015 18:21:14 +0200 russias-italian-rip-offs-offend-at-expo Italy's financial police said Thursday they had seized over one million fake €50 banknotes which were almost ready to be put into circulation, and arrested five people. https://www.thelocal.it/20150109/over-a-million-fake-50-banknotes-seized-in-naples-italy Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:00:00 +0100 over-a-million-fake-50-banknotes-seized-in-naples-italy Europol has cracked an "infamous organized crime group" in Italy which traded fake money around the world, the EU's law enforcement agency has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20141127/europol-cracks-italys-infamous-fake-money-gang Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:14:00 +0100 europol-cracks-italys-infamous-fake-money-gang Italian police last year seized 130 million fake goods, ranging from car parts to cosmetics, up by 25 percent compared to 2012. https://www.thelocal.it/20140128/spike-in-fake-goods-seized-by-italian-police Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:01:00 +0100 spike-in-fake-goods-seized-by-italian-police An Italian man and his son were at the helm of a Europe-wide French counterfeit wine operation, which had produced at least 400 fake bottles of a prestigious Burgundy Pinot Noir. https://www.thelocal.it/20131022/italians-behind-fake-french-wine-scam Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:28:00 +0200 italians-behind-fake-french-wine-scam Italy's financial police on Tuesday said four Chinese businessmen were under investigation after officers seized 18 million counterfeit goods, including clothes, toys and kitchenware, in two raids in Padua and Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20130723/italian-police-seize-18-million-fake-goods Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:53:00 +0200 italian-police-seize-18-million-fake-goods