1. Combating Counterfeit and Substandard ICT Devices (Geneva, Switzerland, 17-18 November 2014) WCO’s Actions to Combat Counterfeiting Samantha Gompel IPR and Health and Safety Program World Customs Organization samantha.gompel@wcoomd.org samantha.gompel@wcoomd.org

2. World Customs Organization

3. 179 Members Harmonize procedures Facilitate trade Protect the supply chain

4. Customs Function Making it priority

6. WCO Capacity Building Making it priority Making anti-counterfeiting a priority Raising awareness

7. 1,1 billion

8. Operation BIYELA 10 days April 2013 23 Countries

13. Counterfeit medicines 560 million Electronic Appliances 460 million Cigarettes 50 million 1,1 billion10-days Operation 49% 40% 4%

14. WCO Operations move Customs Making Senegal – revised its IPR legal framework Nigeria – created a dedicated IPR Department Ivory Coast – participated in WCO CAP Meeting

15. WCO Capacity Building - Diagnostics - Operations - Regional / national seminars - Identification training - IPM

16. IPM : Identification System

17. Customs officersRights holders A communication tool bringing together Customs and rights holders

18. What is IPM? A detection tool to facilitate the distinction between GENUINE and COUNTERFEIT

19. IPM Database: General Information

20. Genuine/Fake

21. Packaging

22. Routes

23. Contacts Previous cases Contacts and Previous cases

24. WCO Capacity Building Collaboration with the private sector Make yourself visible to Customs!

25. Thank you for your attention! Contact: Samantha.Gompel@wcoomd.org Copyright © 2014