JUNE 2017
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By Staff Writer, June 30, 2017, Viet Nam News
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By Samuel Kamndaya, June 30, 2017, AllAfrica
Dodoma — The Fair Competition Commission (FCC) confiscated fake and sub-standard goods worth a total of Sh18.67 billion during the entire 2016 calendar year, the Parliament has heard. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Writer, June 30, 2017, UNTV News
MANILA, Philippines — Boxes of fake products are piled at the Manila International Container Port. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Writer, June 30, 2017, Market Insider
(RTTNews) – Nike Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Parker confirmed reports that it is starting a pilot program to sell some items directly through Amazon.com Inc. In a call with investors on Thursday, Parker said that Amazon would carry a limited Nike product assortment.. READ MORE>>
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By Reuters, June 29, 2017, EuroNews
BEIJING (Reuters) – China denounced a Europol report on Thursday that accused China of being the main source of counterfeit goods in the European Union, calling it “irresponsible” while vowing to continue the crackdown on intellectual property right violations. READ MORE>>
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By Kali Hays, June 28, 2017, WWD
Chanel is the victor in a multimillion-dollar trademark infringement lawsuit against more than two dozen Amazon sellers allegedly peddling knock-off goods. READ MORE>>
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By Josh Long, June 28, 2017, Natural Product Insider
It began as a legitimate venture to distribute 5-hour Energy south of the U.S. border. READ MORE>>
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By Chinazor Megbolu, June 28, 2017, This Day Live
The Anti Counterfeit Collaboration (ACC) Nigeria has said counterfeiting is projected to drain $4.2trillion from global economy. READ MORE>>
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At the time of going to print, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) was making headlines in The Times of India for exposing a syndicate that was importing counterfeit goods of premium brands from China. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Reporter, June 27, 2017, World Intellectual Property Review
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has seized over 70,000 counterfeit vehicle parts in a joint customs operation. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Reporter, June 27, 2017, MyJoyOnline
CropLife Ghana, in collaboration with the Chemical Control Management Centre (CCMC) of EPA and Plant Quarantine Officers of MoFA/PPRSD, has organized a one-day anti-counterfeiting sensitization workshop for agrochemical dealers and importers. READ MORE>>
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By Phil Taylor, June 26, 2017, Securing Industry
An operation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) targeting shipping containers has uncovered thousands of potentially unsafe products, including automotive parts, tobacco and consumer goods. READ MORE>>
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By Rohit Bhisey, June 26, 2017, The Edition Truth
The multibillion-dollar industry of sports nutrition is treading along a promising growth path and a number of new companies are making way into the global market for sports nutrition to benefit from the high returns it promises. From majorly being an industry catering to the niche consumer segment of professional sportspeople, the market has successfully ventured into end-use segments such as physical fitness enthusiasts, non-professional body builders, and a number of other less-intense consumer groups pursuing general body fitness and wellness. The market is also witnessing a significant rise in the variety of products that it offers to the target consumers and the mix of ingredients and source of those ingredients have started gaining importance. READ MORE>>
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By Doug Woodburn, June 26, 2017, ChannelNomics
Share of fake goods in ICT imports at 6.5 per cent, well above 2.5 per cent industry average, report finds. READ MORE>>
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By Chaiyot Pupattanapong, June 26, 2017, BagkokPost
PATTAYA – A songthaew bus driver was delighted when two foreign tourists paid him what he thought was a hefty tip – and then later found out the foreign banknotes were not genuine. READ MORE>>
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By Arnold Carreiro, June 25, 2017, PJ Media
It seems like every time something becomes even remotely popular in the Western world, parents are quickly reminded to be on the lookout for cheap Chinese knockoffs, and fidget spinners haven’t bucked this ongoing trend. READ MORE>>
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By Tom Furley, June 25, 2017, RNZ
Fixing and replacing non-conforming building products could be costing more than $200 million a year, according to new research.. READ MORE>>
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By Julie Zerbo, June 24, 2017, WWD
The major activewear brands continue to battle it out in courts – with mixed success – while Kering became ensared in a controversy over where its sunglasses are made. READ MORE>>
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By Nada Farhoud, June 24, 2017, Mirror-UK
Meet the woman on the trail of wine counterfeiters behind global frauds worth an estimated £800million. Maureen Downey, dubbed the Sherlock Holmes of wine, says old bottles flogged on eBay help fuel the trade. READ MORE>>
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By Barney Dixon, June 23, 2017, IPPro
Hong Kong, Albania and Panama are among several key transit points for counterfeits entering Africa, the EU and the US, according to the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). READ MORE>>
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By Staff Writer, June 23, 2017, The China Post
KAOHSIUNG — More than 6,000 pieces of counterfeit brand-name clothing and footwear were seized in Tainan and Kaohsiung in police raids targeted at markets in those two cities in southern Taiwan, police said Friday. READ MORE>>
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By Jack Flemming, June 23, 2017, Arbian Business
More than 158,400 counterfeit auto parts have been seized in a joint operation in Ajman. READ MORE>>
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By WCNC
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As the most common refrigerant for air conditioning units becomes more scarce and expensive, counterfeit refrigerants are flooding the market. READ MORE>>
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By Sydney Johnson, June 22, 2017, Ed Surge
Three of the country’s largest publishers, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning, are suing Follett Corporation, a major textbook distributor, on charges of selling counterfeit textbooks in its stores. READ MORE>>
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By Jack Flemming, June 22, 2017, LA Times
A federal judge sentenced a husband and wife to prison Tuesday for their parts in a conspiracy to sell millions of counterfeit 5-Hour Energy shots, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Writer, June 22, 2017, The Express Tribune
LAHORE: A resolution was moved in the Punjab Assembly, seeking the implementation of the Drug Act 2017 and the launch of an operation against the mafia involved in manufacturing counterfeit medicine. The resolution was moved by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislator Nabila Hakim Ali. She demanded the Punjab government devise a mechanism for the renewal of the licences of owners of medical stores. READ MORE>>
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By Laure Norhrup, June 21, 2017, Consumerist
Amazon already has an interest in cutting down on third-party sellers who offer counterfeit or knock-off products, but one way for a brand to really get Amazon to care about fakes is for that brand to start selling directly to customers through Amazon. READ MORE>>
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By Katrina Megget, June 21, 2017, Securing Industry
SKF India, one of the largest bearings manufacturers in the country, has conducted a number of raids recently as part of its campaign to crackdown on the illicit industry, which is costing SKF an estimated Rs 150 crore ($23m) in lost revenue annually in the local Indian market, and $244m globally. READ MORE>>
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By Juliana Rose Pignataro, June 21, 2017, International Business Times
Counterfeit Islamic State-themed LEGO sets are being produced and exported out of China, depicting scenes of beheadings and ISIS flags. Some of the sets were discovered on sale in Malaysia after a mother noticed terrorist figures inside her sons LEGO set. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Reporter, June 21, 2017, WishTV.com
SEYMOUR, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana State Excise Police officers have seized 2,262 items of counterfeit merchandise from 11 businesses in Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley and Union counties. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Reporter, June 21, 2017, CBC News
Ottawa police seized guns, drugs, cash and a “pill press” capable of churning out about 20,000 counterfeit pills an hour during a city-wide drug bust Tuesday. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Reporter, June 20, 2017, Defence Web-South Africa
Counterfeit goods worth an estimated R4.2 million were confiscated at OR Tambo International Airport over the course of the long weekend, said the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on Tuesday. READ MORE>>
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By Staff Writer, June 20, 2017, Daily Mail-UK
A Brazilian street vendor was shot in the head at point blank range after a dispute between traders and police escalated. Carlos Augusto Muniz Braga, 30, was killed during the confrontation with military police who were investigating the sale of counterfeit goods in west São Paulo.READ MORE>>
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By Josh Horwitz, June 20, 2017, Quartz
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By CBP Report, June 19, 2017, International Falls Journal
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By The Associated Press, June 19, 2017, Reading Eagle
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By Ben Hill, June 19, 2017, NZ Herald
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By Damien Hirst, June 19, 2017, The Guardian
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By William Depasupill, June 18, 2017, Manila Times
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By Anvit Srivastava, June 18, 2017, DNA
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By Staff Reporter, June 18, 2017, Saudi Gazette
- By Suzy Gibson & Josh Payne, June 17, 2017, Daily Record
A dodgy businessman who led a luxury lifestyle has been jailed – after running a large-scale counterfeit designer clothing company. READ MORE>>>
- By Staff Reporter, June 17, 2017, Leaders League
Counterfeit goods are not a new business phenomenon. Academics point to the practice occurring as far back as Babylonian times. Today, the counterfeit trade no longer operates solely through downtown street vendors.The internet has been a major enabler in the sale of counterfeit products, ensuring anonymity and providing access to a global market. READ MORE>>>
- By Staff Reporter, June 17, 2017, Millenium Post
- By Staff Reporter, June 16, 2017, Securing Industry
- By PR Newswire, June 16, 2017, IT Busines Report
- By Ashlyn Webb, June 16, 2017, The Red & Black
- By Timothy Goh, June 15, 2017, The Strait Times
- By Al-Masry Al-Youm, June 15, 2017, Egypt Independent
- By Michael Ollinga, June 15, 2017, Standard Digital
- By Rod Malcolm, June 14, 2017, Nottingham Post
- By Rod Malcolm, June 14, 2017, Nottingham Post
A journey through China’s fake gadget markets
- By Adam Turner, June 14, 2017, Inc.com
If you’re looking for a counterfeit iPhone which dies in your hand then China’s Shanghai is your ultimate shopping destination. READ MORE>>>
Jack Ma Doesn’t Care If Americans Know About Alibaba. He Just Wants Businesses to Try It
- By Maria Aspan, June 14, 2017, Inc.com
Jack Ma built one of the world’s biggest internet companies without learning how to code. The lead founder and executive chairman of Alibaba taught himself English by offering tours to foreign visitors of his hometown, Hangzhou, in eastern China. That’s where, in 1999, Ma launched Alibaba, which took in nearly $23 billion last year. Now Ma is hoping to expand his U.S. business, especially by encouraging more American companies to sell their goods on Alibaba’s platforms. –As told to Maria Aspan. READ MORE>>>
New York City sues souvenir shop owners selling NYPD counterfeits
- By Staff Writer, June 13, 2017, World Intellectual Property Review
The City of New York has sued a souvenir shop selling a range of unauthorised New York police and fire department clothing. READ MORE>>>
Factory using Pepsi logo to make counterfeit cold drinks busted
- By PTI, June 13, 2017, Economic Times- Brand Equity
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths today busted a factory here making spurious cold drinks and refilling it in bottles with the logo of reputed brands.. READ MORE>>>
Ajman seizes 158,415 counterfeit auto parts
- By Staff Writer, June 13, 2017, Emirates 24/7
The Department of Economic Development – Ajman’s (DED – Ajman) Directorate Control and Consumer Protection recently seized a total of 158,415 counterfeit car parts from 14 international brands in Al Helio area. READ MORE>>>
Counterfeit Prescription Drugs Allegedly Sold At Pacoima Store
- By Staff Writer, June 12, 2017, CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Pacoima store faced a lawsuit Monday from city prosecutors for allegedly selling illegal or mislabeled pharmaceutical products. READ MORE>>>
Upstate man admits to selling millions in counterfeit NFL items, officials say
- By Justine Palis, June 12, 2017, WYFF-4
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Greenville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking counterfeit sports memorabilia online, according to a release from South Carolina’s U.S. Attorney Beth Drake. READ MORE>>>
Canada’s fight against $20 billion counterfeit market is ‘a joke beyond belief,’ lawyer says
- By Maura Forrest, June 12, 2017, National Post
Nine hundred fake iPhones, 28,000 fake NBA jerseys, 1,100 pairs of fake Oakley sunglasses and 12 pairs of fake Calvin Klein boxers — they are among the items detained by the Canada Border Services Agency since 2015 under a new law that aimed to crack down on counterfeit goods flowing into the country. READ MORE>>>
Harder to smoke out counterfeits
- By Jeffrey Chua, June 11, 2017, The New Paper
On May 20, plain cigarette packaging came into full effect in the United Kingdom, as the one-year grace period for retailers and consumers to adjust to the change ended. The sleek colours found on cigarette packs were replaced by Pantone 448C, a brown-green shade said to be the most visually offensive colour to smokers, to deter them from lighting up. READ MORE>>>
Counterfeit tourism brands harm legitimate travel firms
- By Staff Writer, June 11, 2017, Vietnam.net
Nguyen Van My, chair of Lua Viet Tour, said that it was easy to counterfeit products in the tourism sector. My said a client booked a tour to the central region via Lua Viet branch in Nam Dinh province but Lua Viet does not have any branch in Nam Dinh and the firm had not organized tours to the central region at that time. READ MORE>>>
Huge haul of fake designer gear, ‘zombie knives’ and air pistols seized from trader’s home
- By Sarah Nichol, June 10, 2017, The Mirror-UK
A huge haul of air pistols, “zombie” knives and fake designer gear was seized from the home of a rogue trader. READ MORE>>>
FAKE ALERT | Beware of counterfeit Black Rhino wheels
- By News5-InterAksyon, June 10, 2017, www.interaksyon.com
With the popularity and price exclusivity of Wheel Gallery’s Black Rhino wheels, faking it is not the sincerest form of flattery. READ MORE>>>
7 Signs You Are Buying a Counterfeit Product
- By Staff Writer, June 9, 2017, Kiplinger
You love the finer things in life — designer clothing, precious jewelry and top-of-the-line electronics — but can’t really afford them at retail price. So you take to the internet or pound the pavement in a sketchy downtown shopping district in search of deep discounts. You, dear reader, are a counterfeit merchant’s dream come true. READ MORE>>>
Stanley Cup Final counterfeit ticket arrests on the rise
- By WKRN , June 9, 2017,
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – With just one home game to go, and hundreds of tickets being exchanged downtown, fake ticket arrests are on the rise. READ MORE>>>
10 jailed after counterfeit detergent factory bust
- By Arabs News , June 8, 2017,
RIYADH: A criminal court in Riyadh has jailed 10 people for a total of 90 months, after they were convicted of running an illegal factory producing counterfeit detergents. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Investment (MCI) confirmed each convict received a sentence of between six to 18 months and a SR100,000 ($26,700) fine. READ MORE>>>
Jailed: Man behind Singapore’s biggest counterfeit casino chip scam
- By Coconuts Singapore , June 8, 2017,
For cheating the Marina Bay Sands casino of more than a million dollars, Toh Hock Thiam was jailed seven years and four months on Wednesday (June 7). The 55-year-old was the brains behind the operation that was Singapore’s biggest casino chip scam since both casinos opened in 2010. READ MORE>>>
Unknown opioid found in counterfeit pain pills
- By CNN , June 8, 2017,
Two synthetic opioids have been found in fake prescription pills suspected to have caused a cluster of overdoses this week in Georgia, including four deaths, according to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. READ MORE>>>
Wal-Mart Counterfeit Problem
- By 24/7 Wall St. , June 7, 2017,
Most analysis of online retail counterfeit sales focuses on the e-commerce giants. That means figures get pointed at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay Inc. READ MORE>>>
How to spot a counterfeit smartphone, how to avoid buying a dud
- By Oyibo, June 7, 2017, The News Guru
The tech market is filled with so many counterfeits. In this guide we look at ways to tell if that Smartphone, laptop, tablet or gadget is a fake. READ MORE>>>
Medics raise alarm over fake Viagra
- By Mathais Ringa, June 7, 2017, Daily Nation
-As the country grapples with counterfeit lifestyle medicines, anti-malarial drugs and antibiotics, health experts have raised the alarm over the existence of fake sexual-enhancement drugs. READ MORE>>>
Nine people charged in fake pig vaccine case
- By Christie Chen and Huang Kuo-fang, June 6, 2017, Focus Taiwan
Taipei, June 6 (CNA) Nine people have been charged in a case involving the supply of fake vaccines to pig farmers, the Yunlin District Prosecutors’ Office said Tuesday. READ MORE>>>
Business Watch: Cryptocurrency rally, a shaky sugar deal and more
- By Staff Writer, June 6, 2017, Reuters
The United States and Mexico reached a new agreement “in principle” to reduce the share of refined sugar Mexico exports to the U.S. while increasing the share of raw sugar. U.S. sugar producers didn’t endorse the pact, saying it contains a “major loophole.” READ MORE>>>
Thailand: A Fall of Up to 85% in Counterfeit Products
- By Schmitt & Orlov, June 6, 2017, Lexology
The Thai Ministry of Commerce recently announced that the number of counterfeit products has been reduced by more than 85%. The objective to keep counterfeit products out of the market is now almost reached. READ MORE>>>
Microsoft sues company selling counterfeit Windows software
- By Staff Writer, June 5, 2017, World Intellectual Property Overview
Microsoft has sued a Florida-based technology company that has allegedly sold counterfeit copies of Windows 7 and 8.1 software. READ MORE>>>
Chinese Factories Fake Shipping Addresses to Sell Counterfeit Air Jordans
- By Yiling Pan, June 5, 2017, Jing Daily
Domestic factories in China have reportedly been cheating Chinese consumers who thought they were buying sneakers by Nike and Adidas by generating fake packaging that mimics the brand’s authentic boxes and labels (right down to the foreign shipping addresses). According to the investigative report, published by the official newspaper Beijing Youth Daily on June 4, Nike’s classic Air Jordans are among the frequently copied items at the factories. READ MORE>>>
Textbook publisher steps up campaign against counterfeits
- By Shannon Bond, June 5, 2017, Financial Times
Cengage Learning, one of the world’s largest educational publishers, is stepping up efforts to stem the spread of counterfeit textbooks after finding that more than three-quarters of some online booksellers’ inventory consists of unauthorised copies. READ MORE>>>
Nepalese smuggler held
- By Staff Writer, June 4, 2017, Outlook India
Motihari (Bihar), June 4 A suspected smuggler from Nepal, carrying a Rs 50,000 award on his head offered by the NIA, was today arrested from a village in Bihar’s East Champaran district, the police said. READ MORE>>>
Fake China, India drugs put Kenyans at risk
- By Staff Writer, June 4, 2017, Business Daily – Africa
A UN study has ranked Mombasa as a major hub for trafficking of fake pharmaceutical and veterinary drugs, putting millions of lives in danger. READ MORE>>>
Enormous rubber duck in Canada is counterfeit, artist alleges
- By Laurel Wamsley, June 3, 2017, MPR News
This is the story of a 61-foot-tall duck that is being called a counterfeit of a different giant duck, which itself is a replica of a beloved bath toy. READ MORE>>>
Football: Italy police score with CL counterfeit swoop
- By Staff Writer, June 3, 2017, The Local
Italian police said on Saturday they had seized more than 250,000 counterfeit t-shirts and other merchandise bearing the logos of Champions League finalists Juventus and Real Madrid. READ MORE>>>
Drug Ring Ran Multi-Million Dollar Counterfeit Pill Operation From Basement
- By Victoria Kim, June 2, 2017, The Fix
The six-person operation reportedly made nearly $3 million in less than a year selling counterfeit prescription pills on the dark net. READ MORE>>>
Federal homeland security investigators raid counterfeit clothing vendor
- By Staff Writer, June 2, 2017, FOX29
PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) – Police raided a local business wheeling out boxes of merchandise they say were all fake. FOX 29 was the only station there when police and homeland security investigators moved in. READ MORE>>>
Countdown to .africa domain landrush
- By Staff Writer, June 1, 2017, ITWeb Africa
With less than 100 hours to go until the end of the .africa Sunrise Phase, .africa domain names will be up for grabs when the .africa landrush phase begins on 5 June 2017. READ MORE>>>