EU OFFICIALS REVEAL COUNTERFEIT DRINKS HAUL IN INTERNATIONAL OPERATION
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
OFFICIALS from the European Union's (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF have revealed to just-drinks how an international EU customs operation seized 6,400 litres of counterfeit and smuggled alcohol. OLAF said the Matthew II operation was organised by the Czech Republic, working closely with Poland and OLAF: all EU countries were invited to participate. OLAF told just-drinks of two major seizures within Romania: one truck was illicitly carrying 1,410 litres of Curtea Taichii, Romulus, and Floredan branded alcoholic drinks; another was smuggled 1,329 ...
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