Brussels, 10/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 9 July, the European Commission presented its 2008 statistics on seizure of counterfeit goods at the borders of the European Union. For the sixth year running, there has been a huge increase in the number of articles confiscated, with numbers doubling in one year: 178 million articles confiscated in 2008 compared to 79 million seized in 2007. The number of cases discovered has also increased, going from 43,000 units in 2007 to 49,000 units...