Authority intelligence desk

Counterfeit intelligence, without borrowed certainty.

Seizures, arrests and convictions belong to different legal stages. PieceID keeps those stages visible and never converts a public record into a verdict about an unrelated item.

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PieceID visual study · not a photograph from any cited operation

The status rule

Seized is not charged. Charged is not convicted.

Every entry keeps the publishing authority, date, legal status and inference limit attached. This ledger never turns an enforcement headline into a verdict about another item.

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Legal status

Aggregate

2024European UnionMulti-category

EU-wide detention record

European Commission and EUIPO

The Commission and EUIPO reported 112 million counterfeit goods detained in the internal market and at the EU border during 2024.

BoundaryAggregate scale is not a brand, seller or model-specific authenticity statistic.

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Legal status

Seizure

2026United StatesWatches

Louisville watch shipment

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

CBP reported 152 counterfeit watches and 32 watch parts in one shipment, using a genuine-equivalent MSRP estimate above $9 million.

BoundaryA shipment-level agency determination is not a visual test for an unrelated watch.

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2026United StatesJewelry

Counterfeit jewelry shipment

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

CBP reported intercepting counterfeit jewelry and supplied wider fiscal-year seizure context across many product categories.

BoundaryThe record supports the reported shipment and agency context—not the origin of a private listing.

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2025United StatesJewelry

Five jewelry shipments

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

CBP reported five shipments containing counterfeit jewelry, including bracelets bearing unauthorized versions of protected trademarks.

BoundaryThe agency's MSRP-if-genuine figure is not the market value of counterfeit goods.

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2024United StatesBags

Wilmington handbag shipment

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

CBP reported detaining and then seizing a shipment of handbags after trademark verification.

BoundaryThe result applies to the cited shipment; its valuation basis and scope must remain attached.

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Legal status

Seizure + arrests

2023United KingdomBags and watches

Camden shop operation

City of London Police

Police reported counterfeit clothing, handbags and watches seized during an operation in two shops and reported three arrests.

BoundaryAn arrest is not a conviction, and the report does not decide the status of unrelated goods or people.

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02

Legal status

Conviction

2015United StatesBags and wallets

Han Woon Liew federal case

U.S. Department of Justice

The DOJ record states a guilty plea, prison sentence and restitution in a trafficking case involving counterfeit branded purses and wallets.

BoundaryThe named person appears because the linked public record states conviction and sentence—not because of a user allegation.

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2010United StatesBags and luggage

New York importer jury convictions

U.S. Department of Justice

The DOJ reported federal jury convictions in an importation and trafficking case involving counterfeit handbags, wallets, purses and bags.

BoundaryThe record supports its case and legal status; it is not a shortcut for judging online photographs.

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How to use the ledger

Read the record, then return to your evidence file.

  1. 01
    Keep status exact

    Use seizure, arrest, charge, plea, conviction and sentence only when the linked authority uses that status.

  2. 02
    Keep valuation qualified

    “Had the goods been genuine” estimates do not describe counterfeit resale value or consumer loss.

  3. 03
    Do not transfer the finding

    A public operation does not authenticate or condemn a visually similar item from another source.

  4. 04
    Return to the object

    Build identity, construction, provenance, transaction and intervention evidence for the exact claim.