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More Than Money: Inside the Knoedler Art Fakes Scandal
2016-02-16 11:39:54| Apparel - Topix.net
A drawing by Victor Juhasz of the defense team for the Knoedler Gallery forgery trial, with ex Knoedler president Ann Freedman. There were several takeaways from the just-completed Knoedler art trial-which ended with a whimper and not the bang that many in the art world had been eagerly awaiting-that stretched over a fortnight in lower Manhattan until last week.
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Volume, quality of Chinese fakes challenge US customs agents
2015-12-18 09:29:16| Food - Topix.net
In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Chief Officer Stephen Long shows a the label on a counterfeit NFL shirt at the H&M Terminals Transport Inc. warehouse in Kearney, N.J. Counterfeiting is a multibillion-dollar business in China, which produces nearly nine of every 10 fake items seized at U.S. borders.
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Volume, quality of Chinese fakes challenge US customs agents
2015-12-18 09:01:25| Beverages - Topix.net
In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Chief Officer Stephen Long shows a the label on a counterfeit NFL shirt at the H&M Terminals Transport Inc. warehouse in Kearney, N.J. Counterfeiting is a multibillion-dollar business in China, which produces nearly nine of every 10 fake items seized at U.S. borders.
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Technology used to fight back against fakes
2015-10-05 14:57:04| Beverages - Topix.net
Counterfeit wines and spirits are big business from Glasgow to Guangdong, and the fakers are not just targeting premium brands such as top of the range Cognacs and rare vintages of first growth clarets - commodity wines such as Jacob's Creek and Blossom Hill have been counterfeited. Spirits Europe said in a report published last year: "Counterfeit spirit drinks pose a serious health threat by providing consumers with inferior or even toxic products.
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Fakes take 10% of EU clothing and footwear sales
2015-07-29 13:40:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The scale of the impact of counterfeiting on the EU textile and clothing sector is revealed in a new study, which estimates more than EUR26bn (US$28.8bn) and up to 363,000 jobs are lost every year due to fake clothes, shoes and accessories.
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