European police intercept forged French wine

The World

A criminal network in Italy was faking French red wine. That’s according to the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation. The price tag for a bottle: more than $16,000. Host Marco Werman spoke to wine fraud consultant Mads Duus Pedersen.

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