"Around 12,000 consoles on which more than 47 million pirated video games were illegally stored were seized, for an estimated value of more than 47.5 million euros ($52.5 million)," head of the economic crime unit for Turin's financial police, Alessandro Langella, told AFP.
"These knock-off carts are becoming increasingly more difficult to differentiate from the real deal, although there are online guides and groups dedicated to helping you avoid accidentally buying a fake game or system."
"Retro gaming has seen a boom in the last couple of years, and with collecting at an all-time high, a very lucrative black market for fake video game cartridges and consoles has grown over the years."
"Nine people were eventually arrested and they could face up to eight years in prison for the crime of trading counterfeited goods."
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