Overview

• Spain’s Guardia Civil reports 39 people under investigation and 10 detained on suspected industrial-property fraud, food fraud, document falsification and crimes against public health.
• Authorities confiscated 11,500 tonnes of illicit products and about 1.5 million litres of beverages, withdrew goods valued at over €95 million, and logged 1,219 administrative infractions across more than 2,091 inspections.
• Investigators in Alicante probed a company for selling Madeira bananas as the PGI-labelled plátano de Canarias using falsified customs documents, with 2,000 tonnes identified as mislabelled.
• SEPRONA in Tenerife investigated a wholesaler over untraceable and spoiled seafood, seizing 25 tonnes of perishable goods in coordination with regional health officials.
• Internationally, 31 countries coordinated actions resulting in 101 arrest orders, 631 people denounced and 13 criminal organizations disrupted, with additional Spanish probes including 1,167 tonnes of expired frozen products linked to a Vigo case.