Friday, 18 April 2014

Chinese customs seize more than 1,000 unauthorised replicas of FIFA World Cup Trophy.

                    Just like the real thing? The mementos found in Yiwu city were due to be exported to Libya                                           
With a group that includes Uruguay and Italy, it might have been England's best chance of winning the World Cup.
But customs officers have thwarted more than 1,000 shots at glory - by seizing boxes rammed full of fake trophies at a warehouse in China.
The 1,020 statuettes were found in the city of Yiwu, Zhejiang province, which has among the busiest export trades in the world.

The fakes, which from afar bore a remarkable resemblance to the real thing, were due to be exported to Libya.
The General Administration of Customs of China launched a campaign in April to crack down on football-related copyright theft ahead of the tournament in June.
Brazil's World Cup is expected to make huge sums in merchandising, and China has a valuable dog in the fight: its factories have manufactured a million versions of the official armadillo mascot.       Fancy a World Cup? Chinese customs officers have seized more than 1,000 fake trophies at a warehouse     Just like the real thing? The mementos found in Yiwu city were due to be exported to Libya   Golden: With a group including Uruguay and Italy, the fakes could have been England's best shot at glory   Crackdown: China has valuable legitimate trade with Brazil and has made a million World Cup mascots   Lined up: The rows upon rows of identical gleaming trophies which were found in the Chinese warehouse     Pedigree: An investigator displaying the base of an unauthorised replica of the World Cup trophy                           Not playing ball: Customs are on high alert around the tournament, which has the potential to see many fakes   World Cup trophy The real World Cup trophy                                                                       

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