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French customs report: Drugs, counterfeit goods and fraud on the rise!

French customs report: Drugs, counterfeit goods and fraud on the rise!

The French annual customs report shows significant increases in counerfeith for 2021, partly due to the ‘explosion of e-commerce’ during the health crisis.

The number of counterfeit goods seized in France soared by 62% in 2021, while 30% more drugs were confiscated and financial fraud rose a huge 179%, the new annual Douanes (Customs) report shows.

A total of 9.1 million counterfeit goods were pulled from the market in the last year, the report shows.

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