Almost €60k of illicit red wine was seized in Ireland

Illegal wine valued at around €60,000 has been seized at Rosslare Europort in County Wexford, Ireland. The delivery to the modern seaport in Ireland saw action taken following a result of risk profiling by Irish Tax and Customs, with revenue officers seizing some 4,860 litres of wine that has a value of around €59,200. The load of illegal red wine, which was branded ‘Doppio Passo Primitivo Rosso 2022’, was discovered during the search of an accompanied trailer which had disembarked a ferry from Cherbourg, France, and represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of more than €31,700. The driver of the load has been questioned, the Irish Tax and Customs said. The news follows a number of seizures of counterfeit goods in recent years. In 2021, a colossal 1.7m litres of counterfeit booze including wine, beer, vodka and other alcoholic beverages was seized by authorities in recent months as part of a crackdown on food and drink fraud across Europe. According to Europol, roughly 1.7m ...