HP has been collaborating with authorities in the EMEA region to tackle counterfeits in the region and recently has been reporting several successful raids.
Somag News reported about HP’s latest success in the EMEA region, 14,500 counterfeit HP DeskJet GT inks were seized in Turkey. HP in collaboration with Turkish officials exposed a “huge fraud network selling fake HP DeskJet GT inks”.
Authorities with the help from HP Inc’s ACF programme, raided several outlets and managed to seize 14,500 counterfeit items in Istanbul. Recent successes include 25,000 items seized in Nigeria.
There have been over 12 million counterfeits and components seized throughout the EMEA during the last five years by local authorities backed by HP Inc and the OEM itself has conducted more than 4,500 “audits and inspections of partners stocks or suspicious deliveries”.
HP Inc’s ACF programme is responsible for educating its customers and partners on what to look out for in counterfeit products and works closely with local and worldwide law enforcements to find and destroy illegal operations that produce fake HP Inc printing consumables.
