Viagogo fined €12m in Italy for resale breach
The secondary ticketing platform has been the subject of over 40 major ticket resale cases taking place across the EU since 2016
News By Lisa Henderson | 29 March 2023
Italy’s Communications Regulatory Authority AGCOM has fined Viagogo more than €12 million for breaking the country’s laws on secondary ticketing. Preliminary evidence found that the secondary ticketing platform had listed tickets for 68 events held in 2022 at prices 10 times above their face value.
Events included concerts for artists such as Måneskin, Blanco, Renato Zero and Cirque du Soleil.
An amendment to Italian legislation, introduced to Italy’s 2017 budget law to criminalise ticket touting, prevents tickets being sold for commercial…
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