OLAF UNMASKS CARIBBEAN JERSEY ORIGIN FRAUD
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST annual report from European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has told how an unnamed Caribbean customs authority cancelled proof of origin certificates covering more than 21 million pieces of knitted textiles (mainly jerseys, pullovers and cardigans). These had been exported to the European Union (EU) for three years, as coming from this Caribbean state, which enjoyed duty free access to EU markets for locally made products. OLAF inquiries showed the supposed manufacturers had sourced nowhere near enough yarn to make these exports, ...
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