AIt's anything but "Affari Tuoi" and lucky packages with prime-time jackpots. In Sant'Anastasia, in the heart of the Vesuvian area, packages were indeed traveling, but headed into the wrong hands, with the complicity of the courier who, instead of protecting them... let them happen.
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The Carabinieri of the local station uncovered the unusual scene, intervening with a blitz while observing everything from a spy stationed near the local market.
The operation resulted in the recovery of dozens of packages—shipments from major e-commerce platforms, including fast fashion—and the filing of criminal charges against four people, including the van's driver.
It's the early hours of the morning. A courier A 41-year-old man is parked in his orange van in front of the market. The tailgate is open, the doors wide open. Three men approach and begin emptying the space: they load the packages into their cars calmly, as if everything were in order.
One of them shakes a box, trying to guess its contents; another stares at it, hoping to guess what's inside. The courier, rather than react, remains impassive, almost complicit.
But a few meters away, hidden in a civilian car, there are the Carabinieriwho had long suspected something. The intervention was immediate. All were arrested, identified, and charged with embezzlement and receiving stolen goods.
The question
An inevitable question remains: how many times has this happened? And how many other couriers might have staged fake thefts like this, emptying their vans without arousing suspicion?
The incident casts a disturbing light on the logistics system and the reliability of the delivery chain: in an era of rapidly growing online shopping, incidents like these threaten the trust of millions of consumers.
Without the military's intervention, those packages would never have reached their destination. And the doubt that this is not an isolated case lingers.
Article published on 9 July 2025 - 10:55
It's incredible how all this could happen, but if the couriers are complicit, it's not certain that similar cases won't arise. The logistics situation must be better controlled, otherwise consumers will lose trust.