14 June 2011
[Getty Images] Shoppers sort through counterfeit brand name luxury bags and wallets. Almost half of the goods sold in Algeria are counterfeited.
ALGIERS - 60% of goods imported into Algeria and put on sale are fake.
The figure, which outlines the massive reach of this phenomenon and which raised concern, was reported by Mohamed Abdou Bouderbala, the general director of Algeria's Customs office, who was quoted by Aps. Bourdebala stated that some two to three million fake products are seized every year by the Customs office task force charged with fighting this type of fraud.
Almost all goods imported into Algeria are counterfeit products, from make-up to electronic devices to spare parts and cigarettes.
What is most alarming is what is done with medicines which, during the first stage (when importation has to be authorised) arrive as original products, but are then substituted with counterfeit items.
Source: ANSAmed.
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