{"id":1732,"date":"2026-01-06T05:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:44:30","slug":"kuwait-commerce-ministry-shuts-shop-selling-counterfeit-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/01\/06\/kuwait-commerce-ministry-shuts-shop-selling-counterfeit-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait Commerce Ministry Shuts Shop Selling Counterfeit Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has ordered the immediate closure of a shop in the capital for selling counterfeit branded goods. Officials seized 148 items, including watches, women&#8217;s handbags, and accessories bearing unauthorized international trademarks, in violation of consumer protection and intellectual property laws.<\/p><p>Faisal Al-Ansari, Director of the Commercial Control Department, stated that legal measures were taken and the case has been referred to the Commercial Prosecution. He emphasized the ministry&#8217;s ongoing inspection campaigns to combat commercial fraud, protect consumers, and uphold market integrity, urging the public to report any suspected violations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has ordered the immediate closure of a shop in the capital for selling counterfeit branded goods. Officials seized 148 items, including watches, women&#8217;s handbags, and accessories bearing unauthorized international trademarks, in violation of consumer protection and intellectual property laws. Faisal Al-Ansari, Director of the Commercial Control Department, stated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1734,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732\/revisions\/1734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}