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AbouThai
Aiko TanakaFashion

Hong Kong chain AbouThai raided over labelling breaches

Hong Kong authorities have seized nearly 9000 Thai cleaning products suspected to have wrong labeling from a shop founded by a pro-democracy activist facing charges under the city’s contentious national security law. Customs officers on Thursday raided 25…

counterfeit products
Maria SantosGeneral

Hong Kong Customs seize $2m in fake goods in prime retail strip

Hong Kong Customs raided an upstairs showroom in the heart of the city’s prime retail precinct this week, seizing about HK$2 million worth of fake goods. They arrested a 71-year-old man on site who was allegedly in charge of the counterfeit retailing…

neeman shoes footwear
Wei ZhangGeneral

Hong Kong Customs seizes counterfeit sport shoes

Hong Kong Customs seized about 12 000 pairs of suspected counterfeit sports shoes on Monday, with an estimated market value of about $1 million. The fake goods were discovered in a shipping container at the Customs Cargo Examination Compound of the River…

counterfeit
Maria SantosGeneral

Hong Kong Customs smash two counterfeit cosmetics rings

Hong Kong Customs officers have smashed two counterfeit-cosmetics rings selling makeup and skincare products. In a five-day-long anti-counterfeiting operation last week, 12 people were arrested after seven retail stores and three warehouses were raided across…

counterfeit products
Minjun ParkGeneral

Customs seizes $7 million worth of fake goods

Hong Kong Customs has seized 55,000 items of fake goods destined for the US during a three-month campaign to combat cross-border counterfeiting. The haul, some of which is shown in the accompanying photograph, included trainer, apparel, mobile phones and…

jail sentence
Wei ZhangGeneral

Jail Sentence for trade-show Fraudsters

Two trade-show fraudsters have received jail sentences after Customs caught them selling fake goods at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. A person in charge of an exhibition booth and a salesperson were sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and…

counterfeit bag
Minjun ParkGeneral

Counterfeit goods seized in Stanley retail raids

Hong Kong Customs seized about 1300 fake branded items with a street value estimated at $600,000 during Stanley retail raids yesterday. The raid followed an earlier patrol where officers found suspected counterfeit goods were being sold at retail shops in the…

counterfait
Sarah ChenGeneral

Police smash massive China counterfeiting gang

Police have shut down a huge China counterfeiting ring estimated to have raked in some US$15 million. Chinese police have arrested 32 people believed to be part of the operation, which focused on counterfeiting luxury-branded goods. The Shanghai raid led to…

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