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In Tyumen, nine people were fatally poisoned by counterfeit alcohol. As a result, the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Tyumen Region opened a criminal case under the article on the sale of products that did not meet the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers and, through negligence, resulted in the death of two or more persons. This was reported on the website of the RF IC on Saturday evening, January 8.

According to the investigation, the poisoning occurred as a result of the ingestion of methyl alcohol, which was sold to citizens with a vodka label “Springs of Siberia” in the period from January 3, 2022.

Employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the local police have detained four suspects, now they are conducting examinations at their place of residence, as well as at the scene of the crime, witnesses are being questioned, according to a press release from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

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• Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  Counterfeit prize

  There are hardly any people willing to compete for this award. A black gnome with a golden nose, “Plagiarius”, is awarded to those who shamelessly forged this or that product. The organizers of the award want to draw public attention to counterfeits. There are many “winners” this year. In the photo, the hand dryer of the German company Stiebel Eltron: the original on the left, counterfeit on the right.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  First place for accuracy

  The first prize went to a company that is hard to beat in audacity. The Chinese Shenzhen PRT Import Export forged not only the physical therapy device “ZWave” by the German manufacturer of medical equipment Zimmer Medizin-Systeme, but also the manufacturer’s website, down to contact information. With one difference: the name of the founder of the company on the fake website is not Zimmer, but Ziaver.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  High quality copy

  In second place was a copy of the Kärcher high-pressure cleaner made by the Chinese company Wenzhou Haibao. Back in the 1990s, branded goods were synonymous with high quality, while counterfeits rarely matched them. Amateurish attempts to copy goods in an underground factory have long since given way to professional counterfeiting.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  Copy from Germany

  Counterfeit goods are not only produced in Asia. These magnetic squeegee holders, manufactured by Sprintus in Weissach in southern Germany, served as a model for a counterfeit model distributed by Otto Oehme GmbH.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  Fakes from all over the world

  The “easyshoppingbag” shopping bag was invented by the German company Reisenthel Accessoires. Now it is being copied all over the world. Most of the counterfeits are in the United Arab Emirates (8%), Turkey and Eastern Europe. The plagiarius jury awarded the prize to the Italian company DIAL.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  China is ahead of the rest

  In 2012, China became the largest producer of counterfeit goods by a wide margin. About 72 percent of the goods confiscated at customs were manufactured in the PRC and Hong Kong. For example, these toy excavators designed by Bruder-Spielwaren GmbH in Fürth in Bavaria.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  All familiar faces

  In 2012 alone, the customs authorities of the European Union seized from circulation about 40 million counterfeit goods with a total value of about 1 billion euros. Each time, customs officials run into old acquaintances, such as the Chinese firm JRS Technology, which won the Plagiarius award last year. This time she was awarded a special prize in the “Repeat offender” category.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  Counterfeits for consumers

  Consumer goods are particularly counterfeited, says Kerstin Karotke-Preuss, who is in charge of anti-counterfeiting at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main, where the Plagiarius Prize was presented. Among such products, for example, a pocket knife from the Swiss company Victorinox. The jury members found a fake on the Internet and awarded a special prize.

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  Plagiarius – a prize for insolence

  Dangerous fakes

  Counterfeit goods can be dangerous if they have important functions but do not work like the original, says Kerstin Karotke-Preuss. In the worst case scenario, this can lead to a serious accident. The picture shows a pressure measuring device made in China, forged by another Chinese company along with the brand name. Nobody can guarantee its reliability.

  Author: Kristian Ignaci, Irina Filatova

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