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More than 133,000 pairs of counterfeit sneakers seized in two industrial estates

Joint operation of the Tax Agency, the National Police and the Municipal Police of Madrid

  • In total, ten people have been arrested (five in Fuenlabrada and five in Elche) and 20 inspections have been carried out (five in establishments and eight in warehouses in Fuenlabrada, and seven in industrial warehouses in Elche).
  • During the inspections, nearly 76,000 euros in cash and a large number of anagrams of the brands with which the shoes were counterfeited were seized.

March 10, 2023.- Tax Agency officials, in a joint operation with the National Police and the Municipal Police of Madrid, have seized more than 133,000 pairs of counterfeit sneakers in two polygons industrialists of Fuenlabrada and Elche. In total, ten people have been arrested (five in Fuenlabrada and five in Elche) and 20 inspections have been carried out (five in establishments and eight in warehouses in Fuenlabrada and seven in industrial warehouses in Elche). During the raids, nearly 76,000 euros in cash and a large number of thermo-adhesive anagrams of the brands with which the shoes were counterfeited were seized.

This is an operation developed within the framework of the FakeStar Operational Action, of the EMPACT priority for Crimes against Industrial Property, and which began in 2022 with the filing of a complaint by an employee of an establishment in which account of an alleged crime against industrial property, materialized in the marketing of counterfeit sneakers.

As a result of the above, different joint surveillance and monitoring devices were established in places where there was evidence of the marketing of counterfeit products, as a result of which a total of 20 inspections were carried out, in which a total of 75,965 euros and a large number of thermo-adhesive anagrams of the brands with which the shoes were counterfeited.

In total, ten people have been arrested – five in Fuenlabrada and five in Elche – and another person's statement was taken as being investigated but not detained. All of them are charged with a crime against industrial property.

Filming of operation (to download the video you must enter the following web address):

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