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To address the long-standing issue of counterfeiting, the Italian government is turning to artificial intelligence. Autentica 2.0, a new app meant to detect people transporting counterfeit items for resale, will soon be available. The Customs Agency's head noted that it is "an application to protect Made in Italy products, developed with our technology partner Sogei and operational in the country's ports and airports. The system uses computer vision algorithms to analyze product photos in real time and provide a counterfeit probability index". Innovative solutions to combat match fixing and to identify and block websites that illegally offer excisable products are among the projects that are presently under development. Last year, the Agency's inspections resulted in the recovery of nearly 5.5 million counterfeit products. Toys and sporting goods accounted for more than 50% of the seized merchandise, followed by tobacco products (14%), and clothing (6%). The main origins of counterfeit goods are Greece, Turkey, China, and Thailand.
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