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Counterfeiters concoct fake VIP gifts

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The geopolitics of fake goods

The counterfeit market has exploded in recent years, from fake Hermès Birkins to fake Chanel 2.55s, fake luxury trainers to fake Rolex watches. Thanks in part to the internet, but first and foremost to the current global geopolitical situation, the quality of counterfeit luxury goods is improving - to the extent that even experts have a hard time distinguishing real from fake. Moreover, the networks trafficking fakes between Paris, Hong Kong, Ankara and Moscow are becoming better organised. [...]

Gifts offered by luxury houses to their best customers have been popping up for sale online in recent weeks. The trouble is, they're fakes. [...]

Published on 18/01/2024 at 06:00 GMT

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Paint it black! Jonak pumps up the creativity ahead of Chanel-copy ban

The Paris shoe brand did not expect Chanel to prevail in its long legal battle to protect a flagship two-tone slingback from a much cheaper imitation. With sales of Jonak's copycat version to be outlawed from 24 November, the company plans to deploy dark dye and price cuts to sidestep steep losses.

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Anti-fraud services and tax authorities target Instagram 'live' luxury sales

The rising numbers of Instagram accounts selling luxury bags, jewellery and clothing items are getting a close look from anti-fraud services on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as from tax authorities. In providing a distribution channel with little regulation, the app is being used by counterfeiting networks and money launderers alike.

Free access Entourage 22.02.2024

Fraud investigation services are closely monitoring sales of counterfeit luxury goods on Instagram.

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Paris vies to vanquish counterfeit sales before Olympics

With the city's summer Olympic Games approaching the starting blocks, Paris authorities are cracking down on counterfeit clothing sold in the French capital. Their top target is a flea market a stone's throw from the Athletes' Village.

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Luxury resale specialists: are Monogram's discount goods the real deal?

By selling discount luxury items that are impossible to find elsewhere, second-hand retail site Monogram has elicited the incredulity of fashion houses and the suspicion of France's consumer watchdogs.

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The second-hand retail site Monogram regularly offers rare luxury items at discounted prices.

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Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

European customs authorities have recorded a significant decrease in seizures of counterfeit products. But while the number of seizures has dropped, the value of products seized is steadily increasing, as counterfeiters shift their focus to luxury products.

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France
Counterfeiters concoct fake VIP gifts

France
Paint it black! Jonak pumps up the creativity ahead of Chanel-copy ban

Spotlight | Europe, United States
Anti-fraud services and tax authorities target Instagram 'live' luxury sales

France
Paris vies to vanquish counterfeit sales before Olympics

Spotlight | France
Luxury resale specialists: are Monogram's discount goods the real deal?

Europe, France
Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

Italy
Quiet luxury label Loro Piana plagued by counterfeits

United States
The RealReal still under fire from Chanel

Europe
Chanel bags: Vintage experts struggling to tell the originals from the fakes