Royal Mail has accused Border Force of failing to stop China from flooding the UK with fake stamps in an 'act of economic warfare'. Fake Chinese stamps are being sold for as little as 4p each and are being found on Amazon, eBay, and scam websites.
Royal Mail has accused Border Force of failing to stop China from flooding the UK with fake stamps in an "act of economic warfare ". A senior executive suggested not enough was being done to stop the import of forgeries, which can result in a £5 fine.It comes after sources close to Royal Mail said fake Chinese stamps were behind a rise in complaints that stamps bought from legitimate outlets were being deemed fraudulent.
Stamps bought directly from the Post Office are unaffected, because it gets all of its stamps direct from Royal Mail.Alan Mendoza, of national security think tank the Henry Jackson Society, said: "It is inconceivable that a large-scale counterfeit operation like this could be occurring without the knowledge and therefore tacit approval of the Chinese Communist Party. "It's an obvious form of economic warfare.
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