The Counterfeiters

14 Sep 2011

Sales of counterfeit goods on the internet may be on the rise, but Hong Kong customs officers say they are more than up to the task of cracking down on the crime.

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Fake HK$100 notes seized in raid on 'factory'

7 Jul 2011

Twice as many counterfeit HK$100 banknotes have been seized this year, compared with the same period last year.

Most of them were made in Hong Kong, police believe, after arresting...

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Fake expectations

25 Dec 2006

If imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery, famous brand names must be basking in compliments judging by the array of counterfeit handbags and clothes seized by customs officers in Hong...

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Authorities try to rein in forged land certificates

9 Jun 2006

A notice ordering a nationwide clean up of forged land certificates has been issued by the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources.

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Mainland DVD pirates play another critical role

27 May 2006

Mainland DVD counterfeiters, it seems, not only have a wicked sense of humour, but culture as well. Some even read high-brow The Boston Globe.

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War without an end

4 Oct 2005

Americans are fighting a war in China, a more unwinnable war than the one they are fighting in Iraq. So far, the casualties are not high enough to have mothers screaming for their sons' safety....

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Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Customs seize millions of dollars of counterfeit items

Updated at 5.29pm:
Some $14 million worth of counterfeit items were seized on Thursday when customs officers raided fashion shops and warehouses ? mostly located in Central.

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Fashion lets slip its fig leaf

Has it ever struck you that the fashion industry needs to be told the story of the emperor's new clothes?

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Beijing losing in fake-cigarette war

The mainland is losing the battle against counterfeit cigarettes, with the number seized this year triple that of two years ago and local government and Communist Party officials allegedly...

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Police battle to stub out cigarette counterfeiters

Police are finding it harder to crack down on cigarette counterfeiters as the bootleggers become better organised.

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Customs $1m raid on counterfeiters

CD scam . . . Ronny Tsang, head of Customs' Intellectual Property Bureau with some of the 18,593 pirated CD-ROMs worth $1.1 million found in a raid on a Shamshuipo arcade at the weekend. Officers...

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Officials use new powers in purge of fake Ray-Bans

MAINLAND officials have seized and destroyed 20,000 pairs of counterfeit Ray-Ban sunglasses and 200,000 pieces of associated fake literature in Guangzhou.

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