The Federal Revenue carried out an inspection operation at the Rio de Janeiro port on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. During the inspection, civil servants identified two containers loaded with approximately 225 thousand counterfeit Arab perfumes. The cargoes originated from China and showed signs of fraud in the customs declaration. On the front of the containers, importers had declared products of lower value.
During the inspection, the employees identified that, at the bottom of the cargo units, there were large amounts of perfumes from various brands that did not correspond to the goods initially presented. The products improperly bore registered trademarks, characterizing forgery. The brand representatives confirmed that the perfumes were not original. The action integrates Federal Revenue Border Operation 2026, an initiative of surveillance and repression on routes used for the practice of crimes such as smuggling and customs fraud.