Latin America & Caribbean          - DISOSA BPS Group
Anti Counterfeit raid Aruba June 2010

In June 2010,  the 2nd large Anti Counterfeit raid on the beatifull island of Aruba was carried out. This time the operation was joined by KPA, the Aruba police force in addition to a team of Customs, the Public Prosecutor office and Trademark specialists of DISOSA BPS Group. 

In co-operation with the Aruba Buro of Intellectual property (BIE), a team was added to educate the public and shop or market owners on the intellectual property subject and what was happening during the raid. This way the Custom & Police officers could concentrate on the actual raid. In addition the  Aruba public and tourist were explained of what was going on and  in addition the why behind the operation.

The raid consisted of a evening raid on June 9th and a follow up daytime raid the next day, June 10th 2010.

Pictures of the event & some of the products seized below, click to enlarge:

                                                                                            

Destruction of the seized goods: