In recent years, various regions in our country have continuously increased their efforts to crack down on counterfeit and shoddy products, especially in the field of food and drugs. They have launched many special operations against illegal crimes. In terms of counterfeit wine, large-scale counterfeiting cases are cracked across the country every year. There have been hundreds of thousands of wine cases, with the amount involved exceeding 100 million, and tens of thousands of tons of counterfeit wine seized. However, in the face of high-pressure crackdowns on counterfeiting by law enforcement agencies and wine-making companies, counterfeit wine dealers are becoming more and more rampant. They not only sell fake wine through e-commerce platforms such as Taobao and Pinduoduo, but also penetrate into various WeChat groups to solicit business. . Moreover, everything from cheap wines costing a few dollars to high-end wines priced in the thousands is rife with fake wines. So, why are counterfeit wine sellers so arrogant?
The primary reason is that the profits from counterfeit wine are too huge and the cost of breaking the law is low.
In 2020, more than 40,000 bottles of fake wine were seized from several counterfeiting dens destroyed in our country, including well-known brands such as Moutai and Lujian, and the amount involved was millions of yuan. After investigation, it was found that the members of this gang that manufactured and sold fake wine were all relatives, forming a one-stop supply and marketing industry in which parents faked wine and their sons sold wine. They recycled real wine bottles from the market, then made counterfeit trademarks, and then used needles and other equipment to blend cheap liquor into the real wine bottles. After re-sealing and packaging, the cheap 7-yuan liquor was transformed into a high-end liquor. Thousand yuan of famous wine shows how profitable counterfeit wine is.
As for counterfeit wine dealers, they feel that even if they are caught and investigated, they will often only have some counterfeit wine confiscated and fined, but will not be sentenced, so they do not abide by the law even more. Some people even continue to do illegal things in another place after being investigated and punished.
Another reason is that counterfeit wine sellers always pretend to be innocent people and escape punishment.
Many people selling fake wine, if they are discovered, will claim that they are also victims. They do not want to sell fake wine, and they were also deceived when purchasing. If it was a few decades ago, perhaps some people who sold fake wine were indeed victims, but now our country has implemented a new management system for alcohol, that is, the "alcohol accompanying document", which is equivalent to the alcohol's own ID card. The wine accompanying slip records the information of a bottle of wine from the factory, transportation, wholesale, agents, middlemen and final sales place. Therefore, no matter how realistic the counterfeit wine is, the wine seller can spot the problem by just checking the package accompanying the wine during the purchasing process.
It can be seen that many people who sell fake wine know that they are selling fake wine, but they do it deliberately, which is a violation of the law. In addition, although the current efforts to combat counterfeit wine are increasing, they are still mainly aimed at eradicating the dens of counterfeit wine, and rarely investigate and punish those selling counterfeit wine, so those selling counterfeit wine have become even more arrogant. For them, even if the den that manufactures counterfeit wine is discovered, new counterfeiters will appear soon, and they will just change their illegal partners.
In general, the reason why counterfeit wine sellers are so arrogant is that the profits of counterfeit wine are really huge, and the cost of breaking the law is low, and counterfeit wine is banned repeatedly. On the other hand, counterfeit wine sellers always pretend to be innocent people or even victims, but in fact they are deliberately selling counterfeit wine. For consumers, when buying wine, they should try to choose regular stores and channels, and do anti-counterfeiting inspections at the same time to avoid spending money on fake wine. Finally, too much alcohol is harmful to your health, so you should still drink in moderation.