Customs officials in Hamburg have confiscated and destroyed over 1,300 pairs of fake branded sports shoes. They were found together with so-called ”no-name products” in a sea container that arrived from China on Feb. 20. Without revealing the brand names, the officials said they found about 400 different shoe models from their current collections.The shoes were seized and, after consultation with the various trademark owners, destroyed under the local customs’ supervision. The organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, speaks of a global market with counterfeit products worth several billion US dollars each year. In 2018, customs officials in the European Union seized goods worth almost €740 million.
