Italian authorities blocked the sale of more than 2,000 tons of olive oil falsely labelled as Italian during an operation codenamed “Mamma Mia.”

Raids were carried out by the Central Inspectorate for the protection of quality and fraud prevention of food product (ICQRF) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, coordinated by the Prosecutor of Trani Antonio Savasta, in collaboration with the Financial Police of Andria (Apulia), Crotone and Gioia Tauro (Calabria),

The fraud ring, with an estimated illicit turnover of €13 million ($14.5 million), involved false documentation attesting the Italian origin of extra virgin olive oil that was, in fact, Spanish and Greek.

Minister of Agriculture Maurizio Martina said “........................Our first goal is to defend consumers from frauds and make room in the market for the producers who work honestly.”

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