OPERATION DIABOLO YIELDS COUNTERFEIT CLOTHING SEIZURES, SAYS EU
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has revealed the seizure of many thousands of items of counterfeit clothing and accessories in a coordinated EU customs swoop on illicit cargoes in European Union (EU) international ports. Codenamed 'Diabolo', Brussels said Netherlands ports yielded the most counterfeit clothing and accessories: 4,920 coats; 18,014 jeans, trousers and tracksuit bottoms; 4,296 pieces in a mixed cargo of clothing and caps; and 52,578 footwear pairs.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has revealed the seizure of many thousands of items of counterfeit clothing and accessories in a coordinated EU customs swoop on illicit cargoes in European Union (EU) international ports. Codenamed 'Diabolo', Brussels said Netherlands ports yielded the most counterfeit clothing and accessories: 4,920 coats; 18,014 jeans, trousers and tracksuit bottoms; 4,296 pieces in a mixed cargo of clothing and caps; and 52,578 footwear pairs.
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