Pallet trade fraud in Caserta

Guardia di Finanza of Caserta is over operation against black market in pallets, Carried out in dozens of activities in the province in collaboration with the Cork Wood Services Consortium in Milan. Checks discovered seven pallet storage and processing pallets that were completely abusive, because they did not have the required licenses or permits under tax, environment and safety regulations, or they sold pallets with the Epal brand that were counterfeit or which they could not justify. the origin.

In six cases, the financiers found that the managers They did not have a single environmental permit Managing thousands of used and damaged pallets in an uncontrolled manner, causing damage to the environment. Overall, they found 25,733 incompatible pallets: many had the fake Epal branding and others didn’t have the required licenses. During the inspections, the soldiers seized hundreds of counterfeit Epal-branded blocks and machinery or tools to repair them that were not intact. In addition, two employers hired four unauthorized workers.

at the end of the financial process Four plants are sealed Six people were reported: five for counterfeiting, altering or using trademarks or distinctive signs, trading in falsely labeled products, unauthorized circulation and waste handling, and one for not having firefighting documents.