Video: 3 million pieces of counterfeit goods seized in Dubai
DUBAI: Over three million counterfeit products of more than 30 renowned brands were confiscated in Dubai within a week after Dubai Economic Department (DED) raided four warehouses in the emirate as part of its strategic focus to protect intellectual property and the rights of trademark owners and consumers.
One of the warehouses had a stock of over one million pieces of counterfeit products — including phone accessories, ladies’ handbags, clothes, leather goods, ink, printers, cosmetics, watches and contact lenses.
Around 928,000 items, including duplicate phones and accessories, were seized from the second warehouse, while the third had over 700,000 replicas of five international perfume brands.
The fourth was found to have 252,000 pieces of counterfeit perfumes, cosmetics and cleaning products.
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Economic Report Predicts Rise in Global Counterfeiting, Piracy
BANGKOK, THAILAND — The global trend in counterfeiting and piracy is forecast to increase during the decade with China at the heart of production of fake goods from clothes to electronics, and risky fake medicines and cosmetics.
But governments and businesses are looking to challenge the commercial threats posed by counterfeiting with steps to detect fake goods and protect brands and jobs.
A report commissioned by the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the International Chamber of Commerce, said the global economic value of counterfeiting and piracy could reach $2.3 trillion by 2022. The global value of the counterfeit market in 2015 stood at $1.7 trillion.
The February 2017 report, by research firm Frontier Economics, said the wider social, investment and criminal enforcement costs could take the total to $4.2 trillion, leaving at risk about 5.4 million “legitimate jobs”.
http://www.voanews.com/a/global-trend-in-counterfeiting-and-piracy/3783360.html
Lear MoreBaike.com Found Advertising For Fake Products
On this year’s World Consumer Rights Day, CCTV exposed that baike.com, a popular online encyclopedia, illegally gained profit by advertising for illegal advertisement and fake products.
After the annual report conference on TV on March 15, baike.com immediately deleted fake entries on their websites, including advertisers such as Jizao 5S, B365 enzyme, liver nutrient, neuron acid and Xianrenbian.
According to the Food Safety Law, advertisement of food should not contain exaggerated facts. Disease prevention and treatment are also banned to be used in food advertisement. The advertisement of Jizao 5S produced by Shanghai Zhiyuan Company claimed that the product effectively stops tumors from growing bigger.
https://beijingtoday.com.cn/2017/03/baike-com-found-advertising-fake-products/
Lear MoreFake Apple EarPods, adapters seized at the Peace Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officers confiscated counterfeit Apple products valued more than $15,000 Monday at the Peace Bridge.
CBP officers said they selected a shipment labeled “Earphones” for further examination and found “EarPods” and adapters with the Apple logo.
Upon closer inspection, officers said the found the packaging and product quality inconsistent with Apple products.
Import specialists from CBP’s Electronics Center of Excellence and Expertise detained the shipment for further analysis. Those specialists determined the products were fake.
http://www.wkbw.com/news/fake-apple-earpods-adapters-seized-at-the-peace-bridge
Lear MoreBiggest untaxed tobacco seizure in MN history goes to court
Not buckling up could lead to a hefty cost depending on what is in your trunk.
The pair of Illinois men stopped with an estimated $78,000 in untaxed tobacco received felony charges for the smuggling of tobacco into the state of Minnesota.
Last June, State Patrol pulled over Muhammed Abdul Majid and Iman Ugurlu for passing a weigh station in their Penske truck without stopping, as well as driving without buckling.
After some inspection of paper work, the patrol officer discovered the truck rented outside of Beloit, Illinois despite the claim of a delivery from Wisconsin. When an inspection was conducted after brining the vehicle in, the tobacco was discovered.
They were charged in Washington County District on Feb. 9 and had their first court appearance March 9. According to CBS, they are looking down the barrel. If convicted, they face at least five years in prison with/or a $10,000 fine for each felony charge.
http://www.msureporter.com/2017/03/23/biggest-untaxed-tobacco-seizure-in-mn-history-goes-to-court/
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Fake notes reached Kerala via Dubai; probing role of gold smuggling racket……
Karipur: The fake Indian currency notes that was reportedly distributed in Kerala had been routed to the state via a gold smuggling gang in Dubai. The Intelligence found that the help of gold smuggling racket was sought by the fake currency racketeers to smuggle counterfeit notes.
The gold smuggling gang in Kannur and Koduvally and the hawala racket are hand in glove with each other and now have shifted their attention to fake currencies received the notes from the gold smuggling gang members…….
Amazon’s counterfeit goods problem growing – Here’s how to fight back
Who doesn’t love online shopping? It’s such a convenient way to get the things you need without having to battle the crowds at the mall. You don’t even have to get out of your pajamas if you so choose.
Amazon is the largest online retailer and you can find most anything imaginable to purchase. The downside is, the retail giant has had a rash of counterfeit items showing up on its site recently. There may be some good news on that front, though.
There are three ways that Amazon fulfills orders:
Amazon Direct products are sold and shipped by Amazon.
Amazon Fulfillment items are provided to Amazon by a third-party. They are then warehoused and shipped by Amazon.
Amazon Marketplace products are sold and shipped directly from third-party sellers.
Many of the counterfeit items come from the Amazon Marketplace. That’s because those items are never inspected by Amazon.
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Customs agents seize hundreds of counterfeit Apple products in Buffalo
If you were waiting on a pair of cheap headphones for your iPhone, we got bad news for you.
Customs and Border Protection agents say they seized hundreds of fake Apple products at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo.
The products were found after agents selected a box labeled “earphones” for further inspection. Inside, they found 500 EarPods and 150 adapters with the Apple logo. But, after close inspection, agents say they found the products were counterfeits.
The total value of the fake merchandise is $15,000, agents say. Agents add, “Counterfeit merchandise is often made of inferior materials, manufactured under uncontrolled and unsanitary conditions and labeled with false information, potentially threatening the health and safety of buyers and users.”
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Organised crime syndicates smuggling ‘low risk’ tobacco leaf and cigarettes into Australia
ORGANISED crime syndicates trafficking drugs like ice and cocaine are now smuggling tobacco leaf and cigarettes and funnelling the cash back to terrorist groups.
With government taxes on tobacco set to rise again in May’s federal Budget, black market tobacco leaf and cigarettes are now as profitable as narcotics.
And such is the “low risk high return” market, Federal law enforcement now have credible evidence monies from tobacco trafficking are supporting terrorist groups in the Middle East.
Lead national crime fighting agency Australian Border Force intelligence has flagged a noticeable shift in the pattern of trafficking of tobacco which is rising exponentially, in ordinary postal mail alone by 10 to 15 per cent every year.
Lear MoreSerialized security label offers counterfeit-proof product to meet ensuing pharma regulations
This week Covectra, a serialization, authentication and track and trace technology services provider, launched its patented StellaGUARD security label.
The label is embedded with stars that are arranged in unique and random patterns and contain a serialized GS1 2D barcode, thus enabling real time authentication and serialized pedigree tracking through the use of a mobile app developed by Covectra.
The StellaGUARD label can be applied to virtually any package and material. It was developed by Covectra in anticipation of the EU’s 2019 Falsified Medicines Directive requirement for tamper evident seals on all pharma and OTC primary packages. The security label is integrated with Covectra’s EPCIS certified AuthentiTrack database, which now is managing more than 2 billion serial numbers. This enables the StellaGUARD label to be used not just for rapid authentication, but also for diversion detection and isolation as wel
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