2009-07-03 12:47:02 -

ROME (AP) - Italian police have seized counterfeit merchandise from China worth more than ¤20 million ($28 million) during raids on 17 warehouses in Rome.
Italy's financial police say 18 Chinese citizens are being investigated for allegedly importing counterfeit goods including clothes, electronics and some 150,000 children's toys.
Many of the goods sported fake brands including Dolce & Gabbana, Bulgari and Disney.

Police said in a statement that the raids on Friday followed an investigation that began in October when police arrested a Chinese man and seized his stock of counterfeit products.