French Police Crack Down On Counterfeiters Passing Off As Classy Bordeaux France
Police investigating drug trafficking in France’s south-west region discovered printing machines used to create bottle labels last September, sparking a wider criminal investigation. It led to the arrest of around 20 people on Monday during an operation in seven different regions of France, with three charged with organized fraud, forgery and money laundering. The main suspect is a winemaker and broker in the Médoc region near Bordeaux who bought low-quality wine from other regions, including Spain, and then bottled it as a more expensive local product, a statement from the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office said....