THE TELEGRAPH: Tourists buying fake designer goods on holiday in Italy have been warned to think twice after a woman was fined 1000 euros (£825) for buying a handbag.
Austrian pensioner Ursula Corel, 65, was spotted handing over seven euros for a Louis Vuitton handbag copy from a street vendor.
She was spotted by the officers as they scanned crowds with high powered binoculars from a lifeguards watch tower in the resort of Jesolo, near Venice.
Hotel owners worried that tourists will be put off visiting Jesolo on holiday have clubbed together to help pay Mrs Corel's fine. Fake bag fines for tourists in Italy >>> Nick Pisa in Rome | Monday, June 07, 2010
