Fighting fakes

New details have emerged on the Mido show counterfeit crackdown.
Frame company Silhouette has revealed it had the stand of a manufacturer exhibiting imitations of Titan Minimal Art frames closed down in Milan. The seizing of merchandise continued at the Italian headquarters of the company, where 2,500 frames were confiscated. Optician previously reported that part of the UK presence at this year's show was raided by Italian counterfeit authorities.