Police crack down on counterfeits

Dezhou city police recently announced they cracked a big intellectual property rights infringement case involving goods with a potential street value of more than 20 million yuan ($3.2 million). Police were told in September 2016 that a local man was selling counterfeit Vans sports shoes on online shopping portal Taobao. They established that the man belonged to a group with illegal businesses in 10 provinces nationwide. Police raided the group in January and arrested five suspects.