The Technical Investigative Corps (Cuerpo Tecnico de Investigación CTI) carried out home searches on commercial premises involved in the sale of shoes of exclusive counterfeit brands.
The Sectional Office in Cundinamarca through its CTI judicial police, carried out 8 home searches on commercial premises in Girardot, (Cundinamarca), where nearly 1800 pairs of shoes of prestigious counterfeit brands were seized.
During the operations, three people were arrested. They are investigated for their alleged responsibility in the crimes of usurpation of industrial property rights and plants breeders’ rights.
The seized merchandise is valued at about 200 million pesos and was destroyed by CTI officers belonging to the Attorney General´s Office.
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The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out the criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004.