The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has uncovered an illegal trafficking operation involving more than 4,200 tonnes of textile waste shipped from Italy to Türkiye after being falsely labelled to evade strict recycling regulations. Working with the Italian Carabinieri and Turkish customs
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), in coordination with Polish and Spanish customs authorities, has seized multiple containers of textiles suspected of being illegally diverted into the European Union’s grey market instead of being exported to Africa as declared. The operation targeted trade flows originating from China and routed through a rail corridor entering the













