In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Provincial Command of the Guardia di finance of Reggio Calabria, together with the Office of the of Customs and Monopolies of Gioia Tauro, has seized a batch of pure cocaine weighing over 175 kilograms. The soldiers of the Gioia Tauro Group and the staff of the Military Agency Customs, as part of the controls aimed at intercepting any shipments of narcotic substance imported from the organized crime, have selected and subjected to accurate inspections of three containers, two of which came from from Latin America and destined for Italy and European countries of the East, which carried octopus and shrimp respectively Frozen. The blocked containers were first subjected to an in-depth X-ray scan, using sophisticated scanner equipment supplied to the Customs and Border Protection Agency Monopoli, and subsequently to a thorough inspection with the help of of the canine units under the Guard Group of Finance of Gioia Tauro. In the containers, the following were discovered and 154 cocaine cakes seized weighing a total of over 175 Kg. The Guardia di Finanza has announced that the distribution on the cocaine consignment dealing markets could have earn criminal organizations an estimated income of about 30 million euros.

Meanwhile, a joint operation between the Customs Agency and of the Monopolies and the Guardia di Finanza has brought to light a international trafficking of counterfeit goods that led to the seizure of over 8,500 fake items at the Canal Port of Cagliari. The blitz was triggered after the arrival of the container ship Atlantic Green from Tangier (Morocco). Inside of a container declared to contain toys were found 15,368 items, including toys, balls and cosmetics, many of which which reported the brands of famous world brands that the appraisals confirmed to be counterfeit. The cargo was destined for the Tunisia, but was intercepted thanks to targeted checks customs authorities, for a commercial value of goods seized amounting to thousands of euros.