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Two Dutch women accused of a World Cup ambush marketing campaign for a brewer have been given a $1,321 bail. According to South African police the case would be called again on June 22. The two are linked to a suspected ambush market campaign by brewer Bavaria at a World Cup tie.
"Their passports were confiscated and their case has been postponed to June 22," said Colonel Vish Naidoo, spokesman for the police.
Dutch officials said the arrest of the two women was "disproportionate".
"These women, who have been part of a larger group, are suspected to be involved in organised acts to conduct unlawful commercial activities during the Denmark/Netherlands match on Monday," South African police said in a statement in a Reuters report.
The arrests came after FIFA questioned a group of 36 Dutch women who were watching the match in Soccer City stadium on Monday in skimpy orange dresses.
The dresses produced by family-owned Dutch brewer Bavaria caught the eye of experts on the lookout for ambush marketing campaigns.
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