IP Dragon's Worldwide Review of Seizures and Measures Against Counterfeit and Pirated Goods Originating from China

FThis article will be a work in progress, because everytime I will come across news about a country that seized counterfeit or pirated goods originating from China I will add the link, so that a worldwide overview will emerge. If you find articles about activities against infringed goods from China in exotic places (or if such a countery has any link with infringement originating from China), feel free to send me the links. Thanks.

Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan:

Paterson, Anna, Asif Karimi, Understanding Markets in Afghanistan: A study of the market for pharmaceuticals, April/May 2005

Albania – Republic of Albania

Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

'Ford in Algeria' ("By estimate, more than 50% of realized auto parts are the counterfeit production from China and in a less degree - from the Eastern Europe.")

Andorra – Principality of Andorra


Angola – Republic of Angola



Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua and Barbuda



Argentina – Argentine Republic



Armenia – Republic of Armenia



Australia – Commonwealth of Australia

Injury risk in counterfeit goods, Cowry Community News, May 2, 2011.

Austria – Republic of Austria

Tanja Miscevic, Produktpirateriebericht: Markenfälschungen nehmen weiter zu Apotheker warnen vor falschen Medikamenten im Internethandel, APA-OTS, April 1, 2011.


Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan



The Bahamas – Commonwealth of The Bahamas



Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain



Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh



Barbados



Belarus – Republic of Belarus


Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium




Belize



Benin – Republic of Benin


Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan



Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia



Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bosnia and Herzegovina



Botswana – Republic of Botswana

Phillips, Jeremy, 'Poison toothpaste alert in Botswana', Afro-IP, January 25, 2008.

Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil



Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam



Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria

Counterfeit goods come mostly from China, Turkey, Hong Kong and Dubai, Focus News Agency, March 20, 2011.

Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso



Burma – Union of Myanmar



Burundi – Republic of Burundi



Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia



Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon

Gemnda Buinda, Diplomacy: Chinese Minister Visits Cameroon, RTV, March 28, 2011.

Canada - Canada

'Public cautioned about China', CBC News, December 7, 2010.


Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde

Central African Republic


Chad – Republic of Chad

Chile – Republic of Chile



China – People's Republic of China: it can be argued that the People's Republic of China is the greatest victim of the infringements originating in China.

Wang Guanqun, China seizes counterfeit commodities worth 1.55 bln yuan in 2008, Xinhua, March 14, 2009

Colombia – Republic of Colombia


Comoros – Union of the Comoros


Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)



Congo – Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)



Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica



Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)



Croatia – Republic of Croatia



Cuba – Republic of Cuba



Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus



Czech Republic



Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark

Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti


Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica



Dominican Republic



East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste


Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador



Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt

Dalia Ziada, China's fake hymen: blessing and curse, October 9, 2009.

FredOrange, Mug Shot - China - The Art of Faking a Fake, November 7, 2009.

El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador



Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea



Eritrea – State of Eritrea



Estonia – Republic of Estonia



Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia



Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands



Finland – Republic of Finland



France – French Republic



Gabon – Gabonese Republic



The Gambia – Republic of The Gambia



Georgia



Germany – Federal Republic of Germany


Ghana – Republic of Ghana



Greece – Hellenic Republic



Grenada



Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala


Guinea – Republic of Guinea



Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau



Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana



Haiti – Republic of Haiti



Honduras – Republic of Honduras



Hong Kong – special administrative region of Hong Kong


Hungary – Republic of Hungary



Iceland – Republic of Iceland



India – Republic of India



Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia



Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran



Iraq – Republic of Iraq



Ireland



Israel - State of Israel

Italy - Italian Republic

AFP via Plush, 'Italian police bust Chinese-Senegalese counterfeiting ring', November 7, 2009.

IANS/AKI via India Talkies, '400,000 counterfeit toys seized in Italy', November 11, 2010.


Jamaica


Japan - State of Japan

Mainichi Daily News, 'Japan, China agree to set up working group to address intellectual property violations', June 4, 2009.

Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan


Kenya - Republic of Kenya

Phillips, Jeremy, 'China blames Kenya for buying its fakes', Afro-IP, April 30, 2008.

Wambui, Sarah, 'US worried by China exports to Kenya', December 10, 2010.

Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati

Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)


Korea, South - Republic of Korea (South Korea)


Kosovo - Republic of Kosovo

Kuwait - State of Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic


Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic

Latvia - Republic of Latvia


Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon

Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho

Liberia - Republic of Liberia

Libya -Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya

Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein

Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania

Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Macao special administrative region of Macao

Macedonia - (Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia

Macedonian Customs Seize Counterfeit Sunglasses, Footwear, Apparel, Petosevic, June 23, 2010.

Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar

The famous cigarette brand "good look" victim of counterfeit, MadOnline, August 3, 2010.

Malawi - Republic of Malawi

Malaysia

Kent Ong, Fake Seaweed from China in Malaysian Market, Seaweed Nutrition Data and Information Malaysia, September 16, 2009.

Maldives - Republic of Maldives

Mali - Republic of Mali

Malta - Republic of Malta

Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands

Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius

Mexico - United Mexican States

Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia

Moldova - Republic of Moldova

Monaco - Principality of Monaco

Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco

Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique

Namibia - Republic of Namibia

Kaeven ka Aipinge, Pohamba's China Stance Disappoints, Namibia Economist


Kaseven ka Aipinge

Nauru - Republic of Nauru

Nepal - Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

The Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Netherlands seize fake brand clothing from China, AFP, November 4, 2005.

New Zealand
Global fake sex pills racket busted in New Zealand, IANS, January 28, 2011.

Minerales Inventados (fake minerals), Hettie's (undated).

Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua

Niger - Republic of Niger

Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria

Olivier, Darren, 'Nigeria textile industry under threat from China fakes', Afro-IP, October 27, 2008.

Okonji, Emma, 'Curbing menace of counterfeit ICT devices', Daily Independent, September 27, 2010.

Norway - Kingdom of Norway

Oman - Sultanate of Oman

Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Palau - Republic of Palau

Panama - Republic of Panama

Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Geuinea

Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay

Peru - Republic of Peru

Philippines - Republic of the Philippines

Poland - Republic of Poland

Portugal - Portuguese Republic

Qatar - State of Qatar

Romania
Russia - Russian Federation

Friedmann, Danny, 'Cherkizovsky Market Closed Because of Counterfeit and Pirated Good From China', July 31, 2009.

Mirovalev, Mansur, In Russian village, a storied Communist-era art form falls victim to modern times, AM 1150.

Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa - Independent State of Samoa

San Marino - Republic of San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Senegal - Republic of Senegal

Serbia - Republic of Serbia

Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles

Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone

Singapore - Republic of Singapore

Raymond Lau, Thousands of pirated Microsoft software confiscated in a police raid, Techgoondu, April 9, 2011.

Slovakia - Slovak Republic

Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia - Federal Republic of Somalia

South Africa - Republic of South Africa

Spain - Kingdom of Spain

BNO News, 'Spains biggest ever counterfeit cigarette network dismantled', November 12, 2010.

Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Sudan - Republic of the Sudan

Suriname - Republic of Suriname

Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland

Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden

Switzerland - Swiss Confederation

Syria - Syrian Arab Republic

Taiwan - Republic of China

Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan

Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania

Friedmann, Danny, Olympic Torch Tanzania Brings Protests Against ...Chinese Counterfeit Products, IP Dragon, April 14, 2008

Phillips, Jeremy, 'China condemns its own export of fakes to Tanzania', Afro-IP, August 14, 2008.

Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
Friedmann, Danny, IP Dragon, China Bad News for Thailand's Counterfeit Manufacturers, November 28, 2007

Pataya People newspaper Thailand, Goods confiscated from Tukcom

Togo - Togolese Republic

Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad an Tobago

Tunisia - Tunisian Republic

Turkey - Republic of Turkey

Turkmenistan


Tuvalu


Uganda - Republic of Uganda

Phillips, Jeremy, 'Ugandan authorities squeeze imported toothpaste tubes', Afro-IP, June 3, 2009.

Samuel Sanya and David Sempijja, Absence of Counterfeit Laws Hurts Business, New Vision, March 16, 2011.

Francis Kagolo, China cracks down on fake products, New Vision, April 10, 2011.

Ukraine


United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates

Kawach, Nadim, 'Abu Dhabi moves against fake Chinese mobile phones', Emirates Business 24/7, May 6, 2009

United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ben Hirschler, British man jailed after record fake medicine bust, Reuters.
Bradford man cleared of fake medicine scam, Wiltshire Times, April 11, 2011. 

United States of America

Friedmann, Danny, Also So Much To Do in IP in the USA! Happy World IP Day to All!, IP Dragon, April 26, 2010

Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay

Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan

Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu

Vatican City - State of the Vatican City

Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuala

Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Yemen - Republic of Yemen

Zambia - Republic of Zambia

Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe

'Comment: Zim should be wary of imported counterfeit products', News Day, November 14, 2010.