Clothing & Accessories

• Manchester police raids uncover £15m in fake goods

  26-Apr-21 - Haul included counterfeit designer clothing and accessories, electricals, perfumes and medication.

• New chair at VerifyMe as Norman Gardner retires

  23-Apr-21 - Norman Gardner has stepped down as chair of VerifyMe, and will be replaced by GPX' Scott Greenberg.

• Luxury brands team up on blockchain platform

  20-Apr-21 - #AuraBlockchain system will allow consumers to access a product's history and obtain proof of authenticity.

• eBay extends sneaker authentication service to Canada

  16-Apr-21 - eBay is expanding its authentication programme for sneakers to Canada, after its launch in the US last year.

• Fraud driving cargo thefts in Russia, says report

  15-Apr-21 - Number of incidents fell 35 per cent on 2019, with food and beverage once again the most targeted product category.

• Conference considers COVID impact on fraud patterns

  13-Apr-21 - Criminals are shifting away from cash to online bank transfers and turning to social media to trade in illegal goods.

• Flea market raid nets $1.3m in suspected counterfeit goods

  12-Apr-21 - Haul worth $1.3m included knock-offs of Gucci and Louis Vuitton goods amongst others, according to HSI.

• Online retailers take issue with INFORM Consumers act

  08-Apr-21 - eBay, Poshmark, Etsy, Mercari and OfferUp claim the bill could jeopardise the security of small online sellers.

• Russia boosts penalties for falsifying product barcodes

  30-Mar-21 - Introduces liability for falsification of the barcodes on goods, with penalties including fines and imprisonment.

• Counterfeiting cost Swiss economy $7bn in 2018

  29-Mar-21 - Swiss watches accounted for 80 per cent of seizures in that year, followed by clothing and footwear, says OECD.

• Fake luxury goods worth $635k seized in Chicago

  23-Mar-21 - Shipment from Thailand would have been worth around $635,600 if sold at genuine manufacturer prices.

• Ex-US embassy man jailed for fake Vera Bradley scam

  19-Mar-21 - The former worker at the embassy in South Korea got 18 months, and will forfeit $230,000 made from counterfeit sales.

• Carrefour extends blockchain pilot rollout to textiles

  17-Mar-21 - The technology will be applied to organic cotton bed linen and baby wear sold under its TEX Bio brand.

• Russian scientists develop invisible anti-counterfeit labels

  16-Mar-21 - Luminescent rare earth is used to create an invisible image that can be detected when subjected to laser radiation.

• Chinese police bust fake Louis Vuitton bag network

  15-Mar-21 - Gang added NFC chips to the bags to allow customers to “authenticate” their counterfeit purchases.

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