USA RELEASES COUNTERFEIT PACKAGING INTELLIGENCE
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED States Trade Representative office has released intelligence reports showing global hotspots for sophisticated fake packaging. One bulletin, from the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition has cited Paraguay and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as problem countries. "Counterfeit exporters in Paraguay...use sophisticated methods to produce accurate forgeries of labels and packaging that are difficult for both consumers and law enforcement to distinguish from genuine products," it says, adding UAE free zones Jebel Ali and Fujairah are ...
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