The Civil Guard carried out an operation to combat the crimes against industrial property in the entire province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in which he intervened 25,714 counterfeit items of high-end brands, valued at more than six million euros in the current market.
In the Label operation have been 39 people investigated as alleged perpetrators of crimes against industrial property.
The investigation began in the month of May, when the Civil Guard proceeded to carry out surveillance services in different commercial establishments located in Tenerife, The Palm, La Gomera and The ironwhere agents detected the sale of a multitude of counterfeit products.
Once the premises were identified, the agents deployed a large device to simultaneously carry out inspections with the aim of avoiding warnings among merchants of police intervention.
As a result of this device, the guards managed to identify a total of 41 stores, mostly bazaars, verifying that they were dedicated to the sale of a large number of counterfeit items from high-end brands of various kinds, such as clothing, bags, wallets, belts, footwear, sunglasses, perfumes, toys and other children’s items, among other things.
During the course of these inspections, the agents had the collaboration of a judicial expert expert in trademarks who certified that the products for sale were really counterfeits.
Some children’s items stand out, to which special attention was paid given that they have not passed the mandatory quality controls that would guarantee the safety that their use by young minors entails, with the dangers that their lack could entail in some cases.
After extensive and exhaustive expert work, the total value of the counterfeit products seized would reach 6,344,127 euros in the current market. This is one of the largest operations against industrial property developed Canary Islands.
The operation was carried out by 120 agents belonging to different units: Fiscal and Border Analysis Unit (UDAIFF) of the Fiscal Section of the Tenerife North and Tenerife South Airports, together with members of the Fiscal and Border Patrols (PAFIF’s) of the Territorial companies, as well as agents of the Organic Unit of the Judicial Police.
The investigation It was directed by the various competent courts in each of the districts in which the inspections were carried out, as well as by the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
