More than 86,000 items, including pairs of shoes and clothing, were seized.
This Thursday, after an operation between different national and international authorities, they seized in the port of Cartagena 63,627 pairs of footwear and 22,709 garments that infringed with intellectual property rights and trademark usurpation.
According to the official report, the merchandise in total is valued at 5,372 million pesos. After finding the illegality due to lack of documentation to support entry Of these products, the material was seized.
This operation was carried out by the team of the Transnational Crimes Investigative Unit, TCIU, together with the United States Office of Homeland Security Investigations, HSI, the Attorney General’s Office and the National Tax and Customs Directorate, DIAN.
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“This case shows how the trade in counterfeit products is part of crime organized transnational, with economic, social and institutional implications for Colombia.
Interagency cooperation is important in the fight against trademark falsehood and money laundering mentioned the Cartagena Metropolitan Police. Through the material and photographic evidence provided by the authorities, it was possible to denote that in the elements that include shoes were kinds like sandals and tennis shoes.
“These illegal trade operations are usually linked to criminal organizations dedicated to smuggling, money laundering and tax evasion and the profits obtained from these operations are used to finance other illicit activities,” he added.
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The Brigadier General of the Metropolitan Police spoke about the case, adding that the products were distributed in three containers and that they apparently belonged to South American countries. As of this publication, there are no possible perpetrators identified or captured in the case.
Source: Integrated Information System
