Leading the Charge

UK Border Stops £500m Fake Goods Influx — Guess Which Countries Are Leading the Charge?

Over the past three years, UK borders have intercepted counterfeit goods worth over £500 million, mainly from China, Hong Kong, and Turkey. The figures expose a sophisticated shift by criminals towards high-value, less voluminous fakes that pose increasing risks to British consumers and businesses...

Faced with such a vast and borderless threat, it is clear that simply seizing goods at the border is not enough. Officials emphasise that effective action requires strong international partnerships between industry, government, and law enforcement to disrupt criminal supply chains at their source.


Cynical guesswork here, but what we also see is an official incentive structure where failing to solve the counterfeit goods problem is what keeps official career structures in place.

Monitoring, seizures and intelligence gathering will provide what seems to be a vital service and to a significant degree it will be just that. Yet the inevitable incentive structure will ensure that enforcement never goes far enough to endanger the bureaucracy and knock a few rungs out of official career ladders.