The European Commission published on 19 September figures showing that the number of interceptions of fake goods being imported into the EU increased in 2018, due to a rise in small packages entering the Union through online sales.

Almost 27 million articles that infringed on intellectual property rights with a street value of nearly €740 million were detained in 2018, making the number of seized goods jump to 69,354 from 57,433 in 2017.

Cigarettes accounted for 15% of the overall amount o...