Prisoner merchants for falsifying more than 250 bags, stockings and brand caps |The nation

Dos comerciantes fueron detenidos la mañana de este martes por ser sospechosos de falsificar y vender más de 250 bolsos, medias y gorras de marca. Los sujetos, de apellidos Yang Qui, de 38 años, y Rodríguez Silva, de 32, fueron capturados en unos locales, ubicados en el centro de Cartago, confirmó el Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ).

The Judicial Police said that for about a month, the Public Ministry received a complaint that alerted them to the illegal sale of those products.They did not give detail of what was the falsified brand.As a result, the accusing entity asked OII to inquire about what was happening to be able to determine possible responsibilities.

These investigations allowed to determine that in three stores of merchandise counterfeit products, so on Tuesday the raids were made in these shops, located very close to the Municipal Market of Carthage.During police actions, the investigators managed to seize 250 articles, including bags, stockings and caps that were falsified.They were not established in how much these garments were valued.

At the end of the proceedings, the subjects were passed to the Public Ministry, where their investigation will be taken and then their legal status will be determined.

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As well as this, in 2017 there was a great confiscation of counterfeit clothes.On that occasion, the detainee was identified with the surnames Valverde Fallas, who sold these false items in several stores, located in downtown San José.When the agents raided the premises, they managed to confiscate 24.042 garments such as shorts, t -shirts, sandals, pants and caps, which were valued at ¢ 204 million.

Following that fact, the authorities commented in 2017 to the nation that had been noticeing for three years an increase in this illicit.In fact, the OIJ said at that time that they received an average of five monthly complaints, which are filed by the representatives of the companies harmed because they are a crime against intellectual property.

[Falsification of brand clothing takes strength in the country]

The Deputy Prosecutor's Office of Economic, Tax and Customs Crimes commented in that year that counterfeiters have two ways of operating: the first - and main - is that Costa Ricans travel to the United States or Panama to buy an original garment of a specific brand.Then, they send it to a contact they have in China.There, they "multiply" that garment and then import it.Sometimes, they also send products from Peru and Guatemala.

The second is to manufacture merchandise in Costa Rica, but this is less common because it requires a much greater investment, said that Prosecutor's Office.