OPERATION FAKE COUNTERFEIT KNITTED CLOTHING SEIZURES
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLA EUROPEAN Union (EU)-wide customs initiative has netted thousands of counterfeit articles of knitted clothing manufactured from China. Operation Fake was two-week exercise involving customs authorities, the EU anti-fraud office, OLAF, and the European Commission's taxation and customs directorate, and took place this May, although its results have just been released. Amongst the Chinese knitted clothing fakes seized were:*4,056 pairs of socks and 312 towels, in the Netherlands, destined for Portugal;*30 scarves and 38 shawls seized in Belgium, ...
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