There has been a sharp increase in the number of counterfeit brand-name
goods seized in the Czech Republic. In the first half of this year the
Czech Business Inspectorate confiscated over 600,000 counterfeit items,
around the same figure for the whole of 2005, the Pravo newspaper
reported on Monday. The most common fake goods are clothing, footwear,
cigarettes, alcohol, CDs and DVDs. Experts say that while in the past
most counterfeit goods were imported from East Asia, production in
illegal factories in the Czech Republic is now on the increase.