Romanian Customs Seize EUR 160,000 Worth of Counterfeit Goods

Feb 23 2010 - 10:54

The Romanian Customs officials at the port of Constanta, on the western coast of the Black Sea, have recently seized goods suspected of being counterfeit worth approximately EUR 158,969 (USD 219,096).

The confiscated goods included 78,082 glass containers inscribed with the Dolce Gabbana, Clinique, Gucci, Nina Ricci, Dior, Acqua, Versace, Coco Chanel and Allure marks. The containers, used for storing fake cosmetics, originated in China and were intended for a company located in Poland.

In an activity report published on its website, the Romanian Customs announced that in 2009 the customs officials confiscated 60,959,923 counterfeit items, worth approximately EUR 80,500,000 (USD 112,000,000).

For more information, please contact Roxana Sarghi in our Romania office.

Source: Romanian Customs

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