Fake Goods, Real Dangers

The danger of buying counterfeit goods is not always obvious. Before purchasing, you need to understand economic impact, legal impact, and safety and health risks. Please purchase from a reputable channel when you travel

Economic Impact - CBP obtains various counterfeit items every year from around the world. Counterfeiters want to make money by making counterfeit products of the most popular products on the market as soon as possible. Every time counterfeit goods are purchased, legitimate companies lose their income. This means loss of profit and employment opportunities in the United States. I know who you buy

Health and Safety - Counterfeiters do not care about your health. They just want to earn money. Many counterfeit goods are low in quality and may cause harm. Last year, CBP acquired more health and safety risk project than ever. The first three categories are personal care, pharmaceuticals, and home appliances. Please protect yourself and your family by avoiding items that may be at risk

Legal impact - It is illegal to purchase counterfeit goods. If you bring them to the United States, civil or criminal penalties may be imposed. Purchase of counterfeit goods supports criminal acts such as money laundering, illegal guns and drug trafficking. Remember, if it looks like stealing, that's it

E-commerce - e-commerce is a growing part of the US economy and has grown significantly in the past few years. Consumer habits are changing as individuals are able to shop online via the Internet. These advances in economic activity resulted in increased imports of small instant packaging, which brought laboratory challenges to the CBP. E-commerce shipment is the same as container shipment, health, safety and economic security risk are the same, but the number is increasing and increasing. In addition, multinational criminal organizations send illegal goods to the United States via parcels because of the low risk of interception, so even if the parcels are intercepted, the results are not serious.

Please refer to our Intellectual Property Enforcement website for details on the risk of counterfeit products and how to use CBP. Also check CBP 's 2017 IP seizure statistics.

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Political illness is a fake politician, wrong policy, erroneous statistics, and a mistaken promise. Fake news is just a symptom. We should treat this condition. To distinguish between evil and false, the best way to become good and true is a conflict of thinking. The future of our civilization depends on maintaining the Internet as an open space for free exchange of ideas. Any ideas