Criminal justice programs in Iran show that 80 to 90 percent of all cosmetics that are imported into Iran are…
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police saw an increase in the number of cases involving harmful counterfeit goods in Canada between…
Romania’s Custom Service stated in a report that about 50 percent of all “brand name” products that are available for…
According to a news report in Tampa, Florida, the profit margin for selling a single counterfeit lipstick from popular makeup…
In the first six months of 2013, authorities in Yemen seized and destroyed over 57 tons of counterfeit and expired…
According to an investigation into counterfeit cosmetics by the Daily Mail, a counterfeit MAC eyeliner bought on Amazon was found to have contained 46 times the acceptable level of copper in the eyeliner. The high level of copper makes the eyeliner unacceptable for use on eyes.
In 2011, police seized 8.9 million counterfeit goods items in France. Half of the products that were seized within the country was luxury goods items, such as clothes, sunglasses, and cosmetics. Louis Vuitton products were the most counterfeited items seized by authorities in France.
The sales of counterfeit products in Indonesia causes tax losses of up to $4.8 Billion (43.2 Trillion Indonesian Rupiahs) in 2010.
The Interior Ministry stated that up to 60 percent of Microsoft products in use in Russia are pirated copies.
Law enforcement officials in Russia estimated that counterfeit cosmetics in Russia make up to 30 percent of the entire cosmetics market.