Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property is cooperating with a famous online shopping website owner to resolve and prevent counterfeit product sales online. Customers are now able to blow the whistle on pirated goods being sold on the web. May 28th, 2019, Ms. Napapatch Chan-Udom, a victim of counterfeit fraud, told of her experience of buying […]
PHUKET: A mass raid on 25 shops along Bangla Rd, Patong, last night saw more than 300,000 items seized with a reported value of B42 million, the Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau. Leading the high-profile raid at 8pm was Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn, Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau, and Deputy Commissioner Maj […]
Police seized Bt25million worth of counterfeit goods carrying major brand labels in a raid of the largest night bazaar in Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday night. Acting Immigration Bureau chief Pol Maj-General Surachate Hakpal led police from four agencies on the raid, he later told a 10.30pm press conference at the Save One Korat Market in […]
The Bang Lamung district chief, head of Pattaya police and the local tourist police chief all headed to “Soi Boyztown” yesterday afternoon where they busted two traders for selling sex toys and sex drugs. The illegal merchandise – including untaxed eCigarette paraphernalia – were found hidden on two stalls among tourist souvenirs. Full story: Thaivisa […]
The Customs Department will set up an intelligence gathering centre to keep track on people posing as passengers but in fact are couriers smuggling in brand-name products from overseas. These people often have customers who give them advance orders. Speaking at a customs seminar on Thursday, Customs Department director-general Kulis Sombatsiri said the department had […]
Police searched Bangkok’s Sampheng area and arrested six Thais and two foreigners for selling goods in violation of copyright, and seized over 2,000 counterfeit products on Wednesday night. Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal, deputy tourist police chief, held a press conference at 2.30am in front of the Grand China Hotel on Yaowarat Road. Full story: The […]
BANGKOK, 11 April 2018 (NNT) – No Thais are longer required to declare valuable items to customs officers before leaving the country following the Customs Department’s recent termination of its mandate. The Customs Department has decided to remove the 4th requirement in its 60th directive issued on February 26 demanding those leaving the Kingdom at […]
Outbound travellers will not have to declare all of their valuables at international airports during Songkran, the Customs Department said Tuesday in an unexpected volte-face. For the sake of travellers’ convenience during the April 12-16 festival, the department has repealed its recent announcement that valuables worth over 100,000 baht would need to be declared and […]
