A joint team consisting of border police officers from the Constanta Border Crossing Point and customs inspectors from the Constanta Border Customs Office, together with FRONTEX officers, completed the physical control of a container loaded with goods, arriving from China and destined for a commercial company in Ukraine.
Following thorough checks, it was found that inside the container there were approximately 25,000 goods (car accessories, toys, IT components, phone accessories, leather goods, shoes and watches) , of which approximately 24,000 were undeclared, and 1,000 were likely to infringe the intellectual property rights of well-known brands. The total estimated value of the discovered goods is over 1.5 million lei .
In this case, border police are conducting investigations into the commission of crimes of placing products in circulation that bear identical or similar trademarks to trademarks registered for identical or similar products, as well as for the use of false documents.
The goods were seized for expert examination and continued investigations, and after their completion, the necessary legal measures will be taken.