Sentence examples for counterfeit operation from inspiring English sources

Despite the chilly title, Clare Curzon is in an antic mood in COLD HANDS (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Minotaur, $22.95), which brings Superintendent Mike Yeadings to a family estate in the Chiltern Hills in hot pursuit of the local link in a foreign counterfeit operation.

Armenian national Eduard Atoyan is under investigation in Russia on suspicion of running a massive counterfeit operation of 19th-century and avant-garde art in the 1990s, according to a Russian investigator.

After becoming trapped in the dungeon under the castle, Lupin and Zenigata form a pact to escape and foil the Count's counterfeit operation and save Clarisse from her forced marriage to the Count.

But counterfeit operations are often small fly-by-night firms that operate out of shacks.

According to police investigators, Quispe is the de facto leader of one of the four (perhaps more) sophisticated counterfeiting operations operating out of Lima, Peru, which the US secret service has declared the world's leading producer of counterfeit dollars.

Counterfeit operations are thought to thrive in Singapore, Taiwan, Dubai, and Mexico--with much of their merchandise ending up in discount stores and flea markets in the U.S. Counterfeiters frequently slip up on the design of a fragrance flask.

Determined to show that it is responding to the crisis, the government has moved aggressively in recent months to mount a countercampaign, announcing a lengthy list of new regulations and inspection controls and promising to crack down on illegal and counterfeit operations.

"These counterfeit operations also offer a verification service at an additional price— it's a one-stop shop.

Counterfeit operations range from small cottage industries to large factories and can involve smuggling and illegal importation, use of fictitious businesses and front companies, and false documents.

The prosecutors say, for example, that the group's members operated a "very professional counterfeiting operation and, at times, have received blank passports from certain governments, including Sudan".

This tells the story of a gang of school children who heroically thwart a counterfeiting operation.