Covid-19 helps Made in Italy counterfeiters: “Growth of counterfeit products”. Patacca objects on display at the Customs Agency

ROMA – Covid-19 has provided a formidable assist to counterfeiters. In the tough months of the pandemic, Italian companies – the scrupulous and legal ones – struggled to export their original products abroad. For problems in transport, for customs controls that multiplied. These difficulties have opened a highway for counterfeiters, for example in the field of food.