Massive thefts at a luxury brand's Novara warehouse: 9 precautionary measures executed by the State Police.

Yesterday morning, September 23, 2025, The Novara State Police has executed 9 precautionary measures against as many individuals accused of criminal conspiracy aimed at aggravated theft, money laundering and self-laundering to the detriment of a well-known fashion house., which has its logistics base and operational headquarters in Novara, with estimated damage to the fashion house of at least 2 million euros.

As early as April 2024, the security officer of the fashion house He went to the police station complaining about the disappearance of numerous items from the warehouse in Via Fermi in Novara, where all the manufactured garments pass through before being shipped to retail outlets around the world. In particular, he reported to the agents that as early as August 2023, some warehouse workers had noticed that some clothing items were missing.

He also specified that An employee, browsing an online sales platform, became suspicious because in the same period one of the sellers' accounts had put up for sale numerous new items all attributable to a well-known brand. not yet distributed in official sales points and so-called "prototype" products at a price at least 50% lower than the list price.

The investigations of the Flying Squad have allowed us to identify three Italians aged 52, 34 and 26 residents in the province, with no criminal record, employees of the multinational logistics company "GXO Logistics" – equipped with independent personnel exclusively authorized to access the warehouse and responsible for sealing the packages with a branded tape – recipients of the obligation to reside in the municipality of habitual residence and domicile, with prescription of no night-time exit allowed from their home and not to leave the aforementioned territory without authorization from the Judicial Authority, as well as the precautionary measure of the obligation to report to the Judicial Police every three weeks.

The aforementioned, while they were inside the warehouse, would have removed various items in transit and handed them over to an external party, deemed the head of the association, a 28-year-old Italian citizen originally from Kosovo and resident in this province, with a criminal record for crimes against the person and property and subject to the precautionary measure of prison custody, who would have been in charge of reselling them through well-known online sales platforms.

For your resale business, he would have availed himself of the collaboration of his mother, a 49-year-old Italian citizen originally from Kosovo, and his partner, a 30-year-old from Novara with a criminal record for assault and aiding and abetting., both residents of the province, who were subjected to the obligation to reside in their municipality of residence, with a prohibition on leaving their home at night, not leaving the aforementioned territory without authorization from the Judicial Authority, and a ban on using all active accounts on online sales platforms.

Particularly The mother allegedly monitored the warehouse used by the suspect where he stored the goods awaiting sale, while his partner allegedly helped him manage the shipment. The man would also have made use of the collaboration of a 29-year-old Ecuadorian woman resident in the province, which would have allowed him to use his email address to create at least one account on the aforementioned platforms, therefore, the aforementioned is the recipient of the measure of the precautionary measure of the obligation to report to the Judicial Police every three weeks with prescription of the ban on the use of all active accounts on online sales platforms for the crime of aiding and abetting.

The analysis of the financial reports of all the suspects has allowed us to highlight that the seller allegedly made large bank transfers to the wife of one of the alleged perpetrators of the thefts, a 49-year-old Italian woman, subject to the obligation to remain in the municipality of habitual residence and domicile, with the prohibition of leaving one's home at night and not leaving the aforementioned territory without authorization from the Judicial Authority, as well as the precautionary measure of the obligation to report to the Judicial Police every three weeks who, in turn, would have transferred part of the money to her son, also among the alleged perpetrators of the thefts, and to the third competitor, while the remaining part was paid into the account jointly held with her husband.

Part of the proceeds of the crime were also allegedly invested by the suspects in the purchase, in cash, of two terraced houses – one of which was registered in the name of the brother of the alleged seller, a 19-year-old Italian., with no criminal record, under investigation for money laundering and subject to the precautionary measure of the obligation to report to the Judicial Police every three weeks, with a ban on using all active accounts on the online sales platforms for two apartments and several prestigious watches.

To disguise the origin of the money and make investigations difficult, the transfers would have been made through accounts opened specifically online with foreign credit institutions.

It is estimated that the resale activity of the goods was a sum of approximately 1.300.000,00 euros was collected, with economic damage for the well-known fashion house quantifiable at over 2.000.000,00 euros.

Concurrently with the precautionary measures, a personal and property search warrant was executed against all the suspects, which led to the discovery of a large quantity of the brand's clothing and accessories.

Furthermore A precautionary seizure was carried out on assets amounting to 1 million 271 thousand euros, believed to be the proceeds of the illicit activity. against the alleged seller and other alleged co-responsible parties in the illicit activity; preventive seizure of the residences of the suspects, as well as of the bank accounts in their names to the suspects who, according to the investigative findings, were used to move the sums deriving from the online sale of the items.

Finally, during the morning, there were also 4 cars and 3 branded watches seized at the home of the alleged seller and other co-investigators.