copy - products

Find some typical case reports, on Anti-Counterfeiting
I got the sticker "STOP AUX FAUX/http://www.unifab.com" today on the market, made me thinking. The
tomatoes I bought on the market are for sure no copy-tomatoes. Fashion a giant market in which most
of us participate, one or the other way, without thinking. Why are many copies so good ?
First the country like China got the order to produce it for $25, the designer handbag sells
later for $700 in the shop. The nonleather copy to buy for $10. Here is the problem. Many
fashion designer accept for T-shirts copies as free advertising, if it doesn't get to much.
Last question why are our economies not reacting with simplifying the production at home.

Designer Handbags:
The Spanish Tax Agency, in collaboration with Guardia Civil of Algeciras Customs, has seized more than 230.000 counterfeit

goods. Algeciras Customs has confiscated six containers arriving from Yantián (China) and destined to Marocco. The value of

the seized products is estimated by Tax Agency Experts in 100 million Euro. According to the information released by Spanish

Tax Agency, the involved brands are Adidas, Asics, Reebok, Guess, Puma, Nike, Convers, D.G., Levis, Lacoste, Guess, Versace,

Gucci, Chanel, Tous, Chloé, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Tous, Converse, Navigare, Daniel Smith, Calvin Klein, Polo, Boss, Delberto,

Quick Silver, Boccodo, Paul & Shark, Rado, Tissot, Armani, Marlboro, Gulso Shark, G-Star and  Paul Shark.

Medicine, Pharmaceuticals:
Pharmaceuticals, which are suspected of being counterfeits with minor or no quality
The right-holder Beecham was allowed to investigate samples in order to identify whether or not the goods were fake. Beecham

came to the conclusion that the goods were genuine, but had originally been placed on the market in Ethiopia to be

distributed further down the chain to the Ethiopian army.(probably no case)

Case report labels:
Important and huge operation made by Brigada Fiscal of Porto in a factory up in the North of Portugal. More than 1,000,000 of

labels, packaging boxes, printing material, card labels, plastic bags, logos, transfers, etc were seized. These items would

be used in plain textil goods and sold with the brands on them not only in the Portuguese but also to the European market.

Washing powder:
A seizure of 18 ton counterfeited ARIEL washing powder was made by the Macedonian Customs in Bogorodica
at the border between Macedonia and Greece. The shipment came from China and was destined for the Macedonian market.
Both the apparel of the packaging as the performed analyzes of the detergent
confirmed the counterfeit nature of the good.