{"id":85092,"date":"2021-11-20T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=85092"},"modified":"2021-11-20T12:18:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:18:46","slug":"commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of inspectors from the Commercial Control and Consumer Protection Sector at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry raided 3 stores for selling counterfeit branded products at part of the Ministry&#8217;s efforts to combat piracy.<\/p>\n<p>From one of the stores the inspectors seized 32,000 counterfeit branded watches, in addition to 2,000 pieces of accessories; from the second store 1,000 bags, 300 women&#8217;s shawls, 12 pairs of shoes and 25 necklaces \u2013 all carrying international brand names. <\/p>\n<p>The third store that was raided was printing press that helped print trademarks on bags and boxes. The daily added, the contraband has been seized, some workers have been arrested, and the issue has been referred to the Commercial Prosecution. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of inspectors from the Commercial Control and Consumer Protection Sector at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry raided 3 stores for selling counterfeit branded products at part of the Ministry&#8217;s efforts to combat piracy. From one of the stores the inspectors seized 32,000 counterfeit branded watches, in addition to 2,000 pieces of accessories; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[5103,5104],"class_list":["post-85092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","tag-kuwait-timeskuwait","tag-kuwaitnews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories - TimesKuwait<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories - TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A team of inspectors from the Commercial Control and Consumer Protection Sector at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry raided 3 stores for selling counterfeit branded products at part of the Ministry&#8217;s efforts to combat piracy. From one of the stores the inspectors seized 32,000 counterfeit branded watches, in addition to 2,000 pieces of accessories; [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-20T09:18:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1084506-1-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TimesAdmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thetimesq8\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thetimesq8\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TimesAdmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TimesAdmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-20T09:18:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":119,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/1084506-1-1.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kuwait. Timeskuwait\",\"Kuwaitnews\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Local\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories - TimesKuwait\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/1084506-1-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-20T09:18:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/1084506-1-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/1084506-1-1.jpeg\",\"width\":375,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"TimesKuwait\",\"description\":\"Kuwait&#039;s Premier News Content Portal\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TimesKuwait\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/TimesLog.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/TimesLog.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":103,\"caption\":\"TimesKuwait\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/timeskuwait\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/thetimesq8\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thetimeskuwait\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70\",\"name\":\"TimesAdmin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/timesadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories - TimesKuwait","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories - TimesKuwait","og_description":"A team of inspectors from the Commercial Control and Consumer Protection Sector at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry raided 3 stores for selling counterfeit branded products at part of the Ministry&#8217;s efforts to combat piracy. From one of the stores the inspectors seized 32,000 counterfeit branded watches, in addition to 2,000 pieces of accessories; [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/","og_site_name":"TimesKuwait","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait","article_published_time":"2021-11-20T09:18:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":375,"height":500,"url":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1084506-1-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"TimesAdmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@thetimesq8","twitter_site":"@thetimesq8","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TimesAdmin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/"},"author":{"name":"TimesAdmin","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70"},"headline":"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories","datePublished":"2021-11-20T09:18:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/"},"wordCount":119,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1084506-1-1.jpeg","keywords":["Kuwait. Timeskuwait","Kuwaitnews"],"articleSection":["Featured","Local"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/","name":"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories - TimesKuwait","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1084506-1-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-11-20T09:18:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1084506-1-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1084506-1-1.jpeg","width":375,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/commerce-raids-three-stores-seizes-imitation-goods-accessories\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Commerce\u2019 raids three stores seizes imitation goods, accessories"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/","name":"TimesKuwait","description":"Kuwait&#039;s Premier News Content Portal","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization","name":"TimesKuwait","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TimesLog.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TimesLog.jpg","width":300,"height":103,"caption":"TimesKuwait"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait","https:\/\/x.com\/thetimesq8","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thetimeskuwait\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70","name":"TimesAdmin","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/author\/timesadmin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}