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Buenos Aires Raid Seizes More Than 150 Million Pesos in Illicit Branded Apparel

The case exposed a scheme to pass new imported clothes as used goods to dodge customs checks.

Overview

  • City police raided a Belgrano shop and seized 137 bundles of imported branded clothing worth over 150 million pesos.
  • Investigators using cyber patrol flagged online ads for “used” items with original tags, which led UTOJ to file a complaint and a 60‑day probe.
  • Judge Gustavo Meirovich of Economic Criminal Court No. 8 authorized the search, and officers found new garments said to have come in illegally from Chile.
  • Inspectors and ARCA staff said the goods lacked import papers, and the shop had no operating permit or invoicing system.
  • All clothing, records, and devices were seized under Argentina’s contraband law, while a separate Santa Fe operation seized counterfeit apparel valued at 18 million pesos and notified three people.