Italian police on July 3 said it broke some Network of Covid-19 certification that the European Union was issued.

The survey was coordinated by the Network Crime Office in Milan, showing that thousands of people were willing to pay to buy a fake certificate, according to a notice from the police.

The European Union (EU) on July 1 issues a Digital Covid-19 certificate to facilitate people to move in the block and open the summer tour.

A Covid-19 passport application on mobile phones in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 28.

Police said they had taken control of 10 channels on Telegram encryption messaging platforms associated with anonymous accounts on the illegal markets of the Dark Web platform, thereby contacting the seller.

The price ranges from 130 to 155 USD for package options including fake certificates and a vaccine jar.

About 250,000 people registered and one hundred people tried to contact the sellers, Luca Berruti, the head of the anti-fraud department of Milan tax police, said.

Covid-19 certificates contain false identity data, QR codes are created specifically with the batch number of the first and second vaccine dose.

According to Berruti, the police identified some suspects but he refused to disclose detailed information.