He sold stolen and 'cleaned' cars with 'twin' foreign documents: entrepreneur reported

The Caserta traffic police seized numerous high-end cars, including Audis, Volkswagens, Mercedes-Benzes, and Range Rover Evoques, and reported a businessman from the Caserta area to the judicial authorities for receiving stolen goods and money laundering. The investigation began following a thorough check of a car, found to be of illicit origin, sold to an unsuspecting buyer from Piedimonte Matese. This uncovered a vast network of stolen cars being placed on the Italian market using methods deemed "sophisticated" by investigators. The receivers falsely reproduced the chassis numbers of cars stolen between the provinces of Naples and Caserta. The vehicles were then nationalized in Italy with blank registration documents stolen abroad (primarily in Germany, Austria, and Spain) and filled in with the data of so-called "twin" cars by make and model, circulating in their countries of origin. They were then sold at bargain prices—despite their high market value—to unsuspecting buyers through ads on specialized websites. Numerous cars have been recovered in recent months, all stolen, with a turnover estimated at over half a million euros.