Huge load of fake items found

the hague - In the case of a major international campaign against the online sale of counterfeit brand items, some 20,000 packages were confiscated. More than a thousand accounts have also been closed.

Via the Internet, watches, jewelery, mobile phones, medicines and bags were offered for sale.

Europol reports that it has implemented the action in cooperation with investigative services in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Ireland and the United Kingdom. More than a hundred people are being prosecuted.