Brussels, 31/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 31 May, the European Commission presented customs statistics for the number of counterfeit and pirated articles seized in 2006. The figures demonstrate a significant increase in the amount of counterfeit articles. Fingers are particularly being pointed at India and China.
Customs officials seized more than 250 million such articles in 2006, compared with 75 million in 2005 and 100 million in 2004. With more than 36,000 seizures, the...