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Thieves steal 30,000 bottles of wine worth €5m in Italy, reports say
At least seven masked thieves used forklifts and disabled security systems to load two trucks with prized Tuscan reds worth about €5 million, the company said.
- On Saturday, at least seven masked thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth about €5m from a Marchesi Antinori storage facility in Tuscany, using company forklifts to load two trucks after disabling alarms and cameras.
- Company executives believe the perpetrators possessed specialized inside knowledge, as the targeted selection of prized Tuscan reds—each worth €150 to €500—suggests professional connoisseurs rather than opportunistic criminals.
- This incident follows a series of wine thefts across Italy this year, including two in the northern Piedmont region where hundreds of thousands of euros worth of bottles were reportedly taken.
- Chief Executive Renzo Cotarella called it the largest such theft in Italy, telling Corriere della Sera that "trucks full of merchandise can't just disappear into thin air" given extensive Tuscan road camera coverage.
- Shipments circulating to 170 countries now face escalating security challenges as organized theft rings target high-value assets, forcing premium producers to reevaluate logistical protections and international supply-chain vulnerabilities.
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