Travelling to a country with fake or counterfeit items can be risky. The customs officials may either run a scissor through fake clothes, shoes or other items, or toss them in the bin at the port. All of this is true, especially in some countries like the United States.
Here’s why. The rules US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) has increased its efforts to prevent the entry of counterfeit goods into the nation. Several Indian tourists and students who travelled to the US in recent months had their fake luxury goods confiscated at the airport by US customs officers.
A person is only permitted to own one sort of counterfeit goods (such as a shirt, purse, or pair of shoes) for personal use and not for sale, according to CPB regulations. It is illegal to possess quantities more than this limit. Instances of goods seizure According to a Times of India report, a 43-year-old teacher from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, flew to Texas to see her son.
She brought with her eight shirts, four sets of trousers, several pairs of socks and a pair of shoes. “At the port of entry, officials checked my bags and bombarded me with questions about where I was travelling from, who the goods were for, if I smuggled them, etc. Though I tried explaining to them that it was all for my son, they insisted that I could not take them as they were all counterfeit goods (copies of big brands) which I wasn’t aware of.
Since they threatened me with criminal charges, I had no choice but to let them seize everyt.
