• The intervention occurred after detecting the shipment of a package containing the counterfeit emblems

• The male recipient of the shipment is investigated for a crime against industrial property

September 8, 2023.- Customs Surveillance Officials of the Tax Agency and agents of the Civil Guard of the Tax and Border Section (UDAIFF) of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in a joint operation , detected in the ADT of the Post Office Automated Processing Center a shipment containing 2,396 counterfeit commercial emblems of various high-end brands.

Due to the seizure, an investigation was carried out on a man, resident in the south of the island of Tenerife, recipient of the shipment, as the alleged perpetrator of a crime against industrial property.

The emblems were subjected to a counterfeit certification, estimating the average valuation of the intervened merchandise in the current market, if the usual procedure for original products were used, at 1,569,380 euros.

After proceeding with the investigation in customs offices, where the corresponding procedures were carried out by both bodies, the report was sent to the Guard Investigation Court of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

The trafficking of this type of goods poses a threat to consumer protection, health, safety and other public interests. These are illicit trafficking of different counterfeit goods or goods that violate the approval standards for consumer goods in general.

In recent years, the authorities have paid special attention to these risk sectors, carrying out coordinated and joint operational actions at national and international level and promoted by the World Customs Organization, OLAF (Commission's Anti-Fraud Office). European) and EUROPOL, among others.