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Number of Seized Counterfeit Goods Tripled
12. August 08
The number of counterfeit goods seized by Oslo customs has tripled from last year. ACAPO has previously written about the development in relation to import of counterfeit goods to Norway which has given rise to great concern.
As previously pointed to, it has become much easier to discover and pursue cases of import of counterfeits after the introduction of the new provisions in the Customs act. Customs has been given extended powers to seize what is believed to be counterfeit goods. This is not only the case for clothes, bags and sunglasses but, more worrisome, for pharmaceuticals.
 
2500 counterfeit pharmaceuticals were seized during the first half of 2008. The number which has not having been discovered and hence seized may be far higher.
 
The Customs authority has intensified the work in seizing counterfeit pharmaceuticals and in order to do so they are collaborating with the Norwegian Medicines Agency and have also augmented the number of controls.
 
From the organization European Alliance to Safe Medicines it is reported that 62 % of all pharmaceuticals distributed via Internet are counterfeit, certainly an ominous number.
 
Source: Aftenposten.

Read more about Customs Surveillance at Acapo.com
 
For Acapo: Elisabeth Ohm (eo@acapo.no)

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