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Chinese police shut down counterfeit factory in Guangzhou

02/04/2012
Police in China have shut down an underground factory that was allegedly making counterfeit designer leather handbags.

The raid took place in late March at an office building in a suburb of Guangzhou where more than 60 workers produced knock-off Prada and Chloe bags.

Lin Jingcheng, head of the inspection team from China’s commerce bureau, estimated the black market value of the seized merchandise at more than $9.6 million. China’s official Xinhua news agency said Guangzhou has long been a centre of the nation’s legitimate leathergoods industry and a thriving underground for counterfeiting.

“The vanity surrounding luxury goods drives up demand and keeps the underground workshops afloat,” he said.


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