FIFA World CUP 2022 – FIFA WC Fake Trophies Seized: Qatar authorities said Wednesday they have seized 144 counterfeit World Cup trophies from Doha. The FIFA World CUP starts in Qatar on 20th November and fake products in various categories have started doing the rounds in host country. But this is the 1st time that someone has tried creating counterfits of FIFA World CUP Trophy: Follow FIFA World CUP Qatar LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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The interior ministry said officers launched an operation “acting on a piece of information about a website that promotes the sale of cups that mimic the true shape of the World Cup.”
It released a photo showing the 144 life-sized trophies laid out across a floor and stated that “further legal procedures will be followed”.
The Economic and Cyber Crimes Combating Department, in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Protection Committee, seized 144 counterfeit cups similar to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, for violation of Law number 10/2021 on hosting FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. #MOIQatar pic.twitter.com/ysRXlhmo2S
— Ministry of Interior (@MOI_QatarEn) November 2, 2022
The ministry did not say where the trophies were found, nor whether suspects had been detained.
Football’s governing body FIFA and Qatari authorities have stepped up warnings recently about distributing or buying World Cup fakes.
In June, Qatar warned drivers that it was illegal to have a World Cup logo on car number plates, after special plates were sold in online auctions.
One month earlier, police arrested five people for selling counterfeit clothes with the World Cup logo.
At the end of 2021, they raided a factory in the Gulf state producing perfume in bottles illegally using the World Cup brand.
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