Awareness campaign on counterfeit medicines launched
March 2020 edition | The United Kingdom is launching a new communications campaign to raise awareness on counterfeit medication.…
US: Inquiry gives insights into counterfeiters’ methods
January 2020 edition | Fake products worth several hundred million euros are said to have been smuggled from China…
Dozens of containers with counterfeits seized in Malta
November 2019 edition | In a single operation, Malta’s customs authorities have seized hundreds of thousands of counterfeits. In…
EU: Customs see massive surge in seizures
September 2019 edition | Customs authorities in the EU confiscated about a quarter more consignments of counterfeit goods in…
Brazil: Manufacturer of counterfeit luxury cars busted
July/August 2019 edition | Officials in Brazil cracked down on a counterfeiting ring said to have built fake Ferrari…
Europol: Strike against counterfeiting in social networks
June 2019 edition | With a series of spectacular actions, European authorities have cracked down on trade in counterfeits…
Huge haul of counterfeit food and drink
June 2019 edition | In a large-scale operation coordinated by Interpol and Europol, investigators now confiscated tons of illicit…
German customs seizes hundreds of fakes at bauma
May 2019 edition | At the world’s largest construction machinery trade fair, bauma, German customs investigators successfully acted against…
Italy: large-scale actions against illicit trade
April 2019 edition | In Italy, the special police unit Guardia di Finanza has now taken decisive actions against…
German customs reports drastic 50% rise in fakes seized
March 2019 edition | More than 5 million counterfeits were seized by German customs in 2018 – an increase of…
