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Port sleuths on the trail of counterfeit goods - Saturday, January 15, 2011

Rolex watches, Gucci handbags, Tiffany jewelry or Windows operating systems are the kinds of goods that you imagine in the counterfeit world. But fake Tide detergent?

Counterfeit detergent investigated - Monday, November 22, 2010

Applying for a search warrant for a Seattle-Tacoma residence, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent asserted several Seattle-area men are suspected of importing thousands of boxes of counterfeit laundry detergent being sold as Tide or Ariel brand products, Seattlepi.com reported Sunday.

Bogus laundry suds seized in Seattle - Thursday, October 07, 2010

Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday the shipment contained more than 52,000 packages of what looks like Ariel brand laundry detergent. Labels said it was made in Mexico but the shipment came from China.

Customs and Border Protection seizes counterfeit laundry detergent - Sunday, September 26, 2010

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 1,473 cartons of counterfeit laundry detergent at the Seattle seaport last week. The cartons contained 5,000 boxes of detergent that closely resembled Tide, and 3,600 bags of detergent which closely resembled the brand name Ariel.

Manilla: NBI seizes P8-million fake goods - Saturday, December 26, 2009

Counterfeit Procter and Gamble and Speedo goods worth more than P8 million were seized recently by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in several warehouses and outlets during two separate raids in Pasay City and Manila, the NBI reported Saturday.

P&G's epic campaign: war on fakes - Monday, June 29, 2009

For Procter & Gamble (P&G) there may be an even greater assault on its business than the ongoing gloomy world economy - fakes and brand infringement. The world's largest personal-care products manufacturer has shown how seriously it takes the threat by prevailing in the latest round of a nine-year brand protection battle against a Guangdong shampoo maker.

NZ customs service collaborates wth Procter and Gamble to combat counterfeits - Monday, April 27, 2009

On April 20, the New Zealand Customs Service and Procter & Gamble (P&G) signed a confidentiality agreement to confirm their partnership to enhance N.Z. Customs’ ability to detect counterfeit consumer products that are attempted to be smuggled into the country. Under the agreement, customs officers will be trained to differentiate genuine from counterfeit products by using a range of test kits put together by P&G.

UNECE experts promoting new ways to combat counterfeit goods - Thursday, January 25, 2007

In Ukraine, Procter and Gamble and the Ukrainian market surveillance authorities managed to detect and destroy a lucrative illegal market in “Procter and Gamble” products. Through a survey conducted in 1999, the company found that a staggering 43 per cent of the hair-care products and 23 per cent of the laundry products marketed under its name were counterfeit.