Hong Kong Customs partner with Mainland and Macao Customs to fight cross-boundary fake products transshipment activities (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs carried out a three-week joint enforcement operation with the Mainland and Macao Customs from April 9 to 30, throughout which evaluation of products throughout the 3 locations and predestined for North America, Europe and Asia along with other nations and areas was stepped up, with a view to combating cross-boundary counterfeiting activities amongst the 3 locations with products predestined for abroad nations. Throughout the operation, Hong Kong Customs discovered 19 cases and took about 56 000 products of presumed fake products with an overall approximated market price of about $16.9 million.
Through intelligence analysis and thorough examinations, Hong Kong Customs in the operation identified 15 cases at numerous regional reveal carriers and logistics business. Customs officers examined on April 15 and 16 2 containers getting here in Hong Kong from Nansha, Guangdong, and including thought counterfeit items at the Tuen Mun River Trade Terminal Customs Cargo Examination Compound, leading to the detection of 2 more cases.
Customs discovered 2 more cases by obstructing 2 inbound trucks on April 12 and 28 at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point and took batches of thought fake products from the lorries. 2 male truck motorists, aged 49 and 55, were detained. Examinations of the cases are continuous. The 2 apprehended guys have actually been launched on bail pending additional examination.
The thought fake items taken by Hong Kong Customs in the operation consisted of purses, cellphones and devices, watches and shoes. The overall approximated market price had to do with $16.9 million.
Hong Kong Customs will continue to work carefully with the Mainland Customs, Macao Customs and abroad police to intensely fight cross-boundary fake items transshipment activities through intelligence exchanges and joint enforcement actions.
Under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, anybody who imports or exports any products to which a created hallmark is used devotes an offense. The optimum charge upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and jail time for 5 years.
Members of the general public might report any thought counterfeiting activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its devoted crime-reporting e-mail account (crimereport@customs.gov.hkor online type (eform.cefs.gov.hk/ form/ced002.
Ends/Friday, May 3, 2024
Released at HKT 12:30
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