Nghe An: Handling 44 cases of trading in counterfeit and smuggled goods online
(Baonghean.vn) - The Covid-19 epidemic has increased the demand for online shopping, leading to a sudden increase in the number of buyers and sellers participating in this channel. However, many people have taken advantage of this form to trade in fake and poor quality goods.
According to a report from the Nghe An Market Management Department, in the first 6 months of 2021,Whene-commercestarted to explode due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, through inspection work, Nghe An market management force has handled 44 cases, collecting nearly 1.1 billion VND in fines for violations of online business.
Typically, on January 5, 2021, Market Management Team No. 11 - Nghe An Market Management Department coordinated with Market Management Team No. 3 - Nghe An Market Management Department, Economic Security Department - Provincial Police to inspect the Latex corset business establishment owned by Ms. CTHA (Pham Dinh Toai Street, Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City). Through inspection, the authorities discovered that this establishment was selling 1,500 corset products manufactured abroad, without invoices, documents, or related papers to prove their legal origin. Nghe An Market Management Department submitted to the Provincial People's Committee a decision to impose an administrative fine of 45 million VND and confiscate 1,500 corsets worth 450 million VND.
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| A fanpage selling illegal cigarettes in Vinh city was fined nearly 70 million VND. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Previously, Market Management Team No. 11 coordinated with the Economic Security Department - Nghe An Provincial Police to inspect an electronic cigarette business establishment via the IQOS Vinh Fanpage located at Le Viet Luong Street, Vinh City, Nghe An. Accordingly, the subject used the fanpage and Facebook to carry out online advertising and business activities for cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarette machines and electronic cigarette essential oils of unknown origin, without invoices, vouchers, or related documents proving the legal origin of the goods. Accordingly, nearly 70 million VND was handled for administrative violations.
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| Destroying confiscated counterfeit, fake and poor quality goods. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
The trick of the subjects is to take advantage of e-commerce activities to do business such as selling goods by organizing seminars.Livestream on social networksFacebook, close orders and pack according to orders closed on livestream, then deliver goods to customers through shipping companies and transfer money to accounts or ask delivery people to collect money on their behalf.
With this form of business, many subjects do not register their business, do not have a specific store address, causing tax losses to the State and making it difficult to grasp the situation, detect subjects and violations. Goods are transported by post, express delivery, and postal vehicles to avoid inspection and detection by authorities.
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| Counterfeit and smuggled goods are rampant on online markets. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
“From now until the end of the year, the epidemic situation will remain complicated, online trading will develop rapidly, so the Nghe An Market Management Department has directed functional forces to strengthen the fight against the abuse of e-commerce activities for smuggling, trade fraud, tax evasion, trading in counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, goods that infringe intellectual property rights, especially goods that forge Vietnamese labels for export. In addition to the participation of functional agencies, consumers need to raise awareness and understanding so that illegal businesses do not have an operating environment.”
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