European enforcement efforts lead to 28m fake seizures

Nearly 28m counterfeit and illegal goods including 27m facemasks seized in eight-month-long pan-Europe enforcement effort; Covid-19 pandemic “intensified” the physical and online counterfeit market

Ben Wodecki

A Europe-wide anti-counterfeit operation involving enforcement agencies from 21 European nations has successfully seized enormous numbers of counterfeit goods from warehouses, shops and marketplaces across an eight-month period all over the continent.