Chinese Media Exposes Tricks of the Trade for Cosmetics Counterfeiters

A woman checks out lipsticks at a department store in Shanghai on Aug. 16, 2004. Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images

U.S. customs agents have seized many counterfeits from China in recent years, with one of the most common items being fake cosmetic products.

Now, a Chinese media outlet is shedding some light on how the culprits in China operate. China’s state-run Economic Information Daily said, in a Sept. 11 article, that the production of fake cosmetics involves an established industrial chain of different criminal entities and companies.