Over the course of a year and nine months, the counterfeit clothing network produced and sold textile products bearing the names of international brands without their knowledge at the Fafe facility as if they were genuine goods. Six accused, including a father and two sons, are now charged by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PP) with money laundering, commodity fraud, counterfeiting, imitation and illegal use of trademarks, selling or concealing products, and possession of prohibited weapons.
The deputy reports that between March 2020 and December 2021, the father of the family, while producing clothes in a company owned by another defendant, used packaging services provided by two other defendants in Azurema, Guimarães. The children of the main defendant are accused of hatching a plan to remove at least 55,000 euros from their home from illegal activities and thereby preventing them from being apprehended during police searches carried out on December 2 and 3. 2021.
Only the father and children (male and female) are responsible for money laundering. The deputy of Guimarães liquidated as non-compliant property of the main defendant an amount of more than 245 thousand euros, which he asked to confiscate in favor of the state.
Author: Nelson Rodriguez
Source: CM Jornal
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