Forget watches, shoes, clothes and handbags.
The largest illegal market in Italy is counterfeit food worth an estimated 100 billion euros, one trillion euros, according to the consumer organization Coldiretti's estimates.
Exports are hardest hit.
The olive oil, pesto, wine, ham and cheese we buy in Sweden can be called parmesan cheese without actually being so.
- It is estimated that two out of three Italian foods abroad are counterfeit.
It says "Made in Italy" even though they are not made here or the goods bear false product names, a bad table wine gets another name and is sold expensively, for example, says Salvatore Pignatelli.
Thousands arrested
He is the head of NAS in Milan, the Italian special police that reports to the Ministry of Health.
In the past year alone, NAS found 7,000 food factories and restaurants where irregularities occurred and arrested 3,000 people.
The fake food industry is growing at a record pace.
- Our kitchen is one of the world's most famous and therefore extremely hard hit.
In addition to the false labels, there are also a large number of products with a unfortunately harmful content, says Commander Pignatelli.
He shows us a can of oil made from, among other things, sunflower seeds.
- Here it says on the label that it is extra virgin olive oil, but in fact it is an oil that has never been near olives!
In our laboratories we analyze everything and can see exactly what it contains.
"Check labels"
It is estimated that 300,000 jobs with serious manufacturers are lost due to food counterfeiting - which is largely controlled by the mafia.
- Our work is about protecting people's health and the fine reputation of Italian food, says Salvatore Pignatelli and urges everyone to act wisely.
- Check labels, buy food from reputable players and realize that if an expensive product is sold very cheaply, it is probably not what you think in the bottle or packaging.