The counterfeiting is correct due to security and inspection controls.
Mercuria Energy Group, a retailer of fine materials based in Ginebra (Switzerland), received adoquins painted in the back cover of Turkish supplier Bietsan Bakir, valued at $ 36 million, informs Bloomberg.
Last year, the company agreed to buy a copper blister, a metal mold, for sending to China. A total of 6,000 tons of more than 300 containers will be loaded in this box. Sondeverbod, antes del traslado desde un puert cercano a Estambul, the cove was replaced by adoquines, painted with aerosol to appear as semi-refined metal.
When the containers start to read about China, the fraud is revealed. Cabe detached that the Englishman had passed the security and inspection checks.
In cases where the delivery is not produced, the merchant may present a complaint to the carrier’s insurance company. No obstacle, Mercury discovers that only one of the covers secure by the cover, used by Bietsan Bakir, real fue, while the rest were adulterated.
The Turkish Police detect various suspects in relation to the forgery. In a communiqué informed that “had a criminal investigation petition from the seller against the seller, […] and it was determined that the incident was the result of organized fraud “.