ANTI-FRAUD AND SMUGGLING CHIEFS DETAIL EUROPE’S FIGHT AGAINST PERFUME FAKES
December 1st, 2016
THE HEAD of the European Union’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) has advised personal care product brand owners to work closely with customs authorities to help beat the counterfeit trade. OLAF director-general, Giovanni Kessler spoke out at a joint OLAF press conference in Brussels with the Belgian Customs and Excise Administration to highlight how their cooperation had brought down a fake perfume and cigarette smuggling ring.
Vincent Sauvalere, head of OLAF’s tobacco and alcohol unit, explained that OLAF had received information about a suspect container of fake ...
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