Samara customs officers detained a consignment of counterfeit sport shoes worth 66 million rubles.

A batch of 15 thousand pairs of counterfeit sports shoes of famous brands with a total value of about 66 million rubles was detained by employees of mobile group of the Samara customs.

The vehicle, EN route from Almaty (Kazakhstan) to Moscow, customs officials stopped 30 may 2020 in an area of Great Chernigovka (Samara oblast). In the cargo compartment of the vehicle was transported sneakers and flip-flops brands Adidas, Nike, Reebok and Under Armour.

According to the conclusion of the rights holders, the goods detained are counterfeit: missing original factory packaging, product quality and label design does not match the original. In addition, the sender and the receiver party has not concluded with the owners agreement for use of trademarks. The amount of the prevented damage is estimated rightholder Adidas was $ 26.6 million rubles., Nike 24 million rubles, Reebok – 8.3 million rubles., Under Armour – 6,8 mln.

On the revealed fact of the Samara customs office has opened a criminal case under part 1 of article 180 of the criminal code. Currently, the materials are prepared for transmission over the investigation of the MIA of Russia.