FH continues fight against counterfeit luxury watches ...

Impossible to walk in the Gold Souk Dubai , located in the old town (Deira ) without being collared by a dealer fake watches luxury ... There are almost one every ten meters in the temple of gold where Dubaiotes and tourists come to shop for precious metal jewelry . In this context, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) has once again intervened to try to eradicate this traffic by seizing and destroying several thousand pieces ... Story .
 
After a short night , members of the FH regain their representative in the hotel lobby . Just arrived from Switzerland , still a little stunned by the lack of sleep and the temperature difference , they listen to the outline of the proposed transaction the next day ...

Swiss watches

 
After a thorough investigation , informants identified two local hidden underground in the second and third floors of a building in Deira, popular neighborhood of old Dubai . Located close to the Gold Souk very popular with tourists , both warehouses serve both as a storage and sales office . A multitude of touts crisscross the area and are responsible for driving the "amateurs " who wants a " brand bag " or a " luxury watch ".
 
For two years, the FH has increased police raids to break this well-oiled business, with tangible results . Direct consequence sellers have become very cautious and sometimes willing to confrontation to defend their property. Caution is therefore required . After this quick briefing , officials FH depart for the headquarters of the police. The prosecutor's office has given the green light . We must now set the terms of the intervention with the officers , without saying too much to avoid inadvertent leak.
 
Men FH are on the sidewalk for almost a hour run if the car Samir , Chief representative of local operations. The layout of the site , consisting of many small crowded streets , forcing players to park the car at a safe distance to the rest of the way on foot.
 
At the corner of a busy street, these are the plainclothes officers , and at the corner of a building appears informant . After which the groups disperse again. As to the informant , it disappears as it came , blending into the crowd. Despite all the precautions not to attract attention, it seems that touts spotted the police armory . In this universe, things feel more than they see themselves. We must take action now.
 
With a gesture , the leader sends groups in the building, one on the second floor , the other third . On the landing doors are locked . Vendors, warned by their acolytes from the street they have had time to escape? To forcefully knocks on the door and police injunctions responds only silence ... Dismissing his colleagues in arms, the sergeant advance. The door will not last long ... The occupants of the room, three in number , were immediately handcuffed and lying on the ground .
 
The walls are covered from floor to ceiling with all kinds of counterfeit items , including hundreds of watches piled on metal shelves. During the inspection of the goods , the police cook sellers . Experienced in this type of situation , the investigator toque against the walls behind the shelves. It does not take him more than a few minutes to discover a double wall hiding other counterfeit in close to 2,700 pieces watches.
 
The second floor, same scenario. In contrast , no fake watches , mainly handbags. The defendants then out , handcuffed and under guard , with no illusions about their fate : prison and expulsion from the country for a few glorious return to Pakistan or India. The dream of fortune in the UAE broke , as will break under the onslaught of the excavator of all counterfeit goods seized .
 
Since January 2013, the FH organized through its local agent, eight police raids , seizing the passage nearly 90,000 fake watches . Actions primarily target warehouses, even those that feed a network of clandestine sellers. So last February, two warehouses were visited by police and 33,000 fake Swiss watches were seized this opportunity , causing serious economic harm to wholesalers. In addition, FH got six court decisions in previous cases , sentencing defendants to prison terms and authorizing the destruction of all documents seized .