Key to failure
In the six weeks between the beginning of March and the middle of this month, April, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized 1,196 counterfeit keys, key fobs, key fob covers and decals bearing protected trademarks of multiple vehicle manufacturers.
The counterfeit items were found inside six shipments from China en route to addresses in USA, Columbia and Mexico. Many of the items arrived with black tape covering the trademark image, an obvious attempt by the shipper to conceal the violation.
Had the items been genuinely from manufacturers like Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Jeep, Land Rover, Lexus, Mazda, Mini, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen and Yamaha, the combined manufactured suggested retail price would have been USD 103,101. (ah)