The Gauteng Counterfeit Unit, in collaboration with brand protectors, conducted a successful operation on 12 May 2025, in Alberton, Ekurhuleni District. The operation resulted in the seizure of 2,012 counterfeit toys and 800 counterfeit cellphone accessories, with a total value of R1,000,850-00. A total of 2,812 items were seized from […]
Police in Gauteng continued with counterfeit, contraband, and illicit goods operation on Friday, 14 March 2025. This joint operation that included National Counterfeit Unit, Gauteng Counterfeit Unit, Border Police, Public Order Police, Gauteng Traffic Police, Gauteng Traffic Wardens, Brand Protectors and SARS resulted in the arrest of six illegal immigrants […]
Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Mr. Jackie Macie has commended the multi-disciplinary operation of the police for uncovering Illicit goods to the estimated value of over R12 million. This happened during an operation that was conducted at Rocky’s Drift near White River, outside Mbombela on Friday, 7 […]
A 31-year-old foreign national was apprehended on Thursday, 27 February 2025 by the members of Lebowakgomo police during crime prevention duties and monitoring of State of the Province Address (SOPA) by the Premier of Limpopo, Doctor Phophi Ramathuba. Police spotted a suspicious silver Grey Toyota Bakkie with Gauteng registration number […]
n Tuesday 28 January 2025, the Hawks members from Durban Serious Commercial Crime Investigation successfully executed a search warrant at the Freight Station container Depot in Durban. The team confiscated counterfeit goods estimated to have a value of R354 000-00, which were imported from China to South Africa. The intercepted […]
The combined efforts of the South African Police Service, represented by the MAJOC Roving Team as part of Operation Vala Umgodi, National Counterfeit and Illicit Goods Unit, and South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs have led to a major success in the ongoing fight against counterfeit goods and illicit cigarettes, […]
This week, the South African Police Service (SAPS), in collaboration with its crime-fighting partners, conducted a successful operation in Musina, Limpopo, leading to the seizure of counterfeit and illicit goods valued at over R5 million. The operation was spearheaded by the National Counterfeit Goods Unit, with support from the SAPS […]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has in the past week confiscated fake goods and apparel worth R2.6 million in Johannesburg. On Thursday, 07 January 2025, an integrated team from SAPS and Brand holders conducted an intelligence operation, which led them to a warehouse in Fordsburg, Johannesburg. The team discovered […]
Hawks members from Durban Serious Commercial Crime Investigation working together with boarder police and brand owners seized counterfeits goods in one of the container depot in Durban on 19 December 2024. In September 2024, five containers were stopped and inspected by border police. They drew samples from the container and […]
