$120.3 Million Worth of Fake Beauty Products Seized In China
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By Carl Samson
Police officers in the province of Zhejiang, eastern China, have seized a pool of counterfeit cosmetic products worth 827 million yuan ($120.3 million).
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Authorities in the city of Taizhou announced the successful crackdown of over 1,200 items on Wednesday, NetEase reported.
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So far, 17 people had been arrested. Of these, 13 cases were transferred to the court by prosecution at the end of January.
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The boxes found in production warehouses were labeled with well-known cosmetic brands such as Chanel, Dior, Estee Lauder and Lancome, among others.
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China’s list of all things fake has virtually everything, including colleges, fabricated research data, cancer-inducing seasonings and of course, Chinese New Year boyfriends.
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