His Excellency Major General Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police participated in the twelfth international conference for law enforcement agencies to combat crimes against intellectual property, organized by the General Police of Dubai and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the Emirates Property Association Intellectual, UL Corporation and International Alliance against Tradition.
The organization of this conference is aimed at combating organized crime related to intellectual property rights, exchanging information between law enforcement agencies, smart tools in the fight against intellectual property, as well as reviewing best practices in combating organized crime related to intellectual property rights.
The conference was opened by His Excellency Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan, Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai and Honorary President of the Emirates Intellectual Property Society at the Grand Hyatt Dubai, amid high-level participation of experts and specialists from several countries in the world in addition to a number of officials of local and police departments in the country.
His Excellency Major General Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police participated in a working paper on "Free Trade Zones - Achieving a Balance Between Facilitation and Control of Combating Trafficking in Illegal Goods", during which he explained that his participation in the conference came out of the importance of intellectual property and in order to combat Crimes against it, especially the grave risks posed by the proliferation of counterfeit goods, indicating that trafficking in illicit products is one of the biggest challenges for security agencies in enforcing international laws, and the impact on public health and the economy in general.
His Excellency Major General Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Nuaimi, during his participation in the conference, presented the types of illicit goods required to detect and prevent their entry, fraud and trade in legitimate products, and the statistics of the huge global losses incurred by the great countries of counterfeit goods in Europe, which amounted to 60 billion euros in 13 sectors, indicating The damage resulting from imitation, such as the decrease in the business of institutions, the loss of their market shares, the damage to companies producing legitimate products, and material losses from tax revenues to governments on products sold on the black market, in addition to exposing Consumers risk fairway for failure to meet health standards of public goods, and the occurrence of fatal accidents, consumer goods as a result of the use of non-conforming safety requirements.
His Excellency also mentioned in the working paper that Ajman Police has proven its position in combating counterfeit goods and protecting intellectual property rights through its keenness to follow-up on cases and notifications of intellectual property and its efforts in combating illicit goods through seized quantities, as a contribution to preserving intellectual property rights and international brands According to the stipulations of the law, indicating that the counterfeit goods reporting index in the Emirate of Ajman decreased to 10 during the year 2017 compared to 2016, which reached 24 reports.
At the end of his participation, His Excellency the Commander of Ajman Police stressed the need to intensify international cooperation in the fight against counterfeit goods exported and imported between customs and security agencies worldwide, support laws and strengthen penalties in the field of intellectual property rights protection, stressing the importance of monitoring internal markets, and the use of smart technology And information systems to address counterfeiting, increase the capacity building of workers to control, and collect data and information that help to prevent crime, in addition to spreading public awareness of the consumer about the dangers of optimal use of illicit products on Public Health.
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