Counterfeiting is a scourge that affects the know-how and expertise of French luxury goods companies.
The profits from this globalized trade feed the underground economy and criminal networks.
It’s a growing scourge, with the number of counterfeit items seized in France multiplying by 44.5% between 1994 and 2011.
The Internet has called into question the fight against counterfeiting, as e-commerce has become one of the main sources of fraud. In fact, the number of counterfeit items seized from postal and express freight consignments increased 18.6-fold between 2006 and 2011.
Counterfeiting represents a huge economic loss for these European luxury companies. It is estimated that the global economy loses over $1,000 billion a year to counterfeiting and piracy. Losses to the French economy are estimated at 6 billion euros a year. It also costs jobs: between 30,000 and 40,000 a year.
The Comité Colbert has therefore decided to attack this scourge once again by working with legislators, public services and economic players (customs, transporters, credit card operators), as well as the general public, through a new awareness campaign.
A massive 10,000-posters campaign has been launched in the 18 busiest French airports over the summer period, as well as in 7 European countries.
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