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Operation targeting fake vintage wine producers leads to arrests in France and Italy

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A group of individuals, including a Russian national, have been arrested in Paris, Turin, and Milan for allegedly creating counterfeit labels representing famous French vineyards. A French national is facing charges of organized fraud and money laundering. In Italy, police conducted 14 raids, seizing a large quantity of wine, wine bottles, counterfeit labels, electronic equipment worth €1.4 million, and over €100,000 in cash. It is estimated that the group earned at least €2 million through the sale of fake wines.

  1. Europol
    1. The fake wine was forged in Italy, then delivered to an Italian airport and exported for sale at market value all over the world by honest wine traders.
  2. FR
    Olivier Caracotch
    1. This complex investigation … has revealed the involvement of a Russian national aged 40 already convicted of similar actions under another identity.
  3. GB
    Stuart George
    Arden Fine Wines
    1. Anything that is valuable, whether it is a painting or a bottle of wine, is in danger of being faked.
    2. Essentially, most people can't tell real from not real.
    3. Better training and better knowledge of what bottles of fine wine – and especially old bottles of fine wine – really look like would be useful.
    4. If somebody has never seen a genuine bottle of, say, Petrus 1990, then it's impossible to know when a counterfeit has been presented.
    5. Ultimately, it comes down to integrity and competence.
    6. The surge in demand for fine wine in the 21st century… has motivated fraudsters.
  4. US
    Robert Parker
    1. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and satiny, with an ineffable sense of completeness, searing concentration without weight, a vibrant, indeed animating line of acidity, and a long, expansive finish that concludes with a judicious touch of mouthwatering bitterness.

sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.The Times
  4. 4.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Organized crime
  2. 2.Alcoholic beverage industry
  3. 3.Counterfeit

countries

  1. 1.BulgariaBG
  2. 2.SwitzerlandCH
  3. 3.ChinaCN
  4. 4.FranceFR
  5. 5.ItalyIT
  6. 6.Russian FederationRU

organizations

  1. 1.Europol
  2. 2.Arden Fine Wines
  3. 3.Carabinieri
  4. 4.Ferrari
  5. 5.Gendarmerie
  6. 6.Guardia di Finanza
  7. 7.Swiss Federal Police

persons

  1. 1.Olivier CaracotchFR
  2. 2.Robert ParkerUS
  3. 3.Stuart GeorgeGB

technicals

  1. 1.Romanée-Conti
  2. 2.Grand Cru
  3. 3.Malpensa Airport
  4. 4.Petrus 1990