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Video. Watch: Fake condoms, counterfeit weight-loss pens and the toy labels testing EU borders

Updated: 08/07/2026 - 9:01 GMT+2

Anti-fraud investigators at OLAF just broke up an international smuggling group. Criminals tried to slip their illegal cargo past European border checks as children's toys to evade customs controls. But the boxes did not contain toys at all.

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