Italian police on Wednesday
arrested five people in a probe into allegedly counterfeit
Oltrepò Pavese DOC wine.
The five were arrested in the Oltrepò Pavese area and in
other parts of Italy, police said.
The investigation, led by Pavia prosecutors, is the latest in
a string of fake wine scandals.
According to investigators, those arrested sold as DOC and
IGT wines of inferior quality, produced with grapes that were
not certified as organic, or with the addition of aromas or
carbon dioxide.
Premises were searched in Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto,
Emilia-Romagna and Trentino Alto Adige.
The probes were conducted by Carabinieri and finance guard
tax police.
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