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Investigations

We trace counterfeit goods back to the workshop, wholesaler or importer behind them and document the source in a file a prosecutor can act on.

The problem

A searched stall or a removed listing is restocked within days, because the workshop in an Istanbul garment district, the wholesaler behind it and the importer of labels and hardware are untouched. The prosecutor needs an address, evidence that counterfeit goods are there now and samples with receipts before requesting a search-and-seizure order, and the evidence must be gathered lawfully or it is excluded.

What we do

  1. 01

    Source tracing

    Identify the workshops, factories and warehouses behind the goods.

  2. 02

    Supply-chain mapping

    Establish who supplies the labels, fabric, hardware and packaging.

  3. 03

    Discreet checks

    Check suspect distributors and grey-market sellers, within the limits the law sets.

  4. 04

    Evidence packs

    Compile files that the prosecutor and the courts can use without rework.

How it works

  1. Day 0

    Brief

    We agree the question to answer, the budget ceiling and the legal limits, meaning what may be collected, from whom and how it will be used. You tell us what you already know, including seized samples, seller names and shipment details.

  2. Weeks 1–3

    Desk research

    We check trade registry records, marketplace and social profiles, test-purchase invoices and dispatch details, customs detentions on the same route and TÜRKPATENT filings in the names involved. Most of these lead back to a company, a tax number or an address.

  3. Weeks 2–6

    Field work

    Our own team makes site visits, buys at wholesale and observes premises from public places, under the lawyers' direction. We do not enter private premises, record covertly there or use any deception that would itself be an offence, and we collect no personal data beyond what the case needs under KVKK.

  4. Weeks 4–8

    Evidence pack

    We deliver a dated, sourced file with the addresses, people, companies, photographs and purchase records, and a chain of custody for every sample. It is written so that the lawyers can attach it to a criminal complaint or a civil claim as it is.

  5. After delivery

    Enforcement

    The file becomes a criminal complaint and search-and-seizure request against the workshop, a customs application aimed at the import route, or a court-ordered evidence determination at the premises under HMK Article 400. Under Article 30(7) of Law No. 6769 a seller who discloses the source is not punished, so sellers caught later have a reason to name their supplier, and we use that to check the map.

What we need from you

  • What you already know about the source
  • A budget ceiling

Questions

  • Who carries out the investigation?

    Our own staff, who know the districts, the wholesale trade and the seasons, working under the lawyers' direction. Türkiye has no licensed private-investigator profession, so we do not subcontract to agencies we do not control. Every person who handles a sample is named in the chain of custody.

  • What may lawfully be collected?

    Anything in public sources and public places, such as registry records, listings, photographs taken from the street, purchases made as an ordinary customer and what a seller says in the course of a sale. We do not enter private premises, record private conversations covertly, pose as officials or collect personal data beyond what the case needs. Evidence gathered unlawfully is excluded by the court and can expose you to a claim.

  • How do results feed into a raid or a case?

    The prosecutor needs an address, evidence that counterfeit goods are there now and samples with receipts. The evidence pack provides all three, so the search-and-seizure request can be filed on the day you confirm. In a civil case the same file supports a preliminary injunction or an evidence determination at the premises.

  • Do you work outside Istanbul?

    Yes. We work in all 81 provinces of Türkiye; most actions outside Istanbul are at the ports, the border gates and the resort markets.

  • Do we need a Turkish trademark registration first?

    Generally yes. Customs applications and criminal complaints rest on a registration that covers Türkiye, either a national filing with TÜRKPATENT or an international registration under the Madrid system.

  • How do you report?

    Once a month. The report lists the actions taken, the seizures, the costs and the next steps, and you can forward it internally as it is.

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