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Ahead of the Olympics, France Ramps Up War on Fakes

Police crackdown on street merchants in Seine-Saint-Denis, where one in three lives in poverty according to French national statistics, has drawn criticism for pushing people already in economically precarious situations into further difficulty.
Man with fake Goyard bags.
The police confiscated 63,000 items of clothing, shoes and leather goods, including fake Louis Vuitton and Nike products. (Shutterstock)

In the touristy Saint-Ouen flea market, not far from the Stade de France where athletes will compete in this summer’s Paris Olympics, police officers swarmed in at dawn on April 3 and shut down 11 stores selling counterfeit bags and shoes.

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AI Takes on the Fashion Industry’s Counterfeit Problem

LVMH’s Patou has begun rolling out a new AI-powered authentication system with its technology partner Ordre, adding a new dimension in fashion’s effort to fight fakes using AI’s ability to spot patterns indiscernible to humans.

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