Sniffer dogs uncover huge haul of illicit tobacco and Viagra tablets
Sniffer dogs followed their noses to a “shocking” stash of illicit tobacco and Viagra tablets in a series of raids on Walthamstow businesses. The joint operation between Waltham Forest council trading standards and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) took place on Thursday (September 3) as officers raided six off-licenses following intelligence about the sale of non-duty paid cigarettes.
The sniffer dogs uncovered 14,300 illicit foreign cigarettes at Food & Wine in Hoe Street which had been concealed among canned drinks, sweets and chocolate and sprayed with disinfectant in a bid to disguise the scent.
Lear MoreHoodlums beat NAFDAC officials, policemen chasing fake products
Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and mobile Policemen attached to its enforcement directorate have been attacked by traders and touts in Lagos and Ogun states.Mr AnslemOkonkwor, Public Relations Officer, Enforcement Operations of the agency, narrated the ordeal of the NAFDAC officials in a statement on Sunday.
According to him, the assaulted enforcement teams of the agency were on a nationwide raid for fake, unregistered, counterfeit and suspected contaminated vegetable oil in major markets and distribution channels in the states.
http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/09/hoodlums-beat-nafdac-officials-policemen-chasing-fake-products/
Lear MoreWolverhampton shops in £150K bust may lose licences
Two shops face losing their licences after police raids found them selling counterfeit tobacco and illicit alcohol.Euro Shop and International Mini Market, known as Sam Euro Style, were both raided by police and trading standards officers and found to have large quantities of non-duty paid and counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes, and non-duty paid alcohol.
Raids of both premises on July 17 netted the biggest ever haul of illicit booze and cigarettes, with an estimated £150,000 of goods seized from both stores.
Lear MoreDubai Customs foils smuggling attempt of 35m tramadol pills and 2.5 tons of powder tramadol
Dubai Customs officers have seized 35 million tramadol pills and 2.5 tons of tramadol powder
Dubai Customs officers have seized 35 million tramadol pills and 2.5 tons of powder tramadol. A shipment of the painkiller, which is prohibited from circulation outside prescribed medical use, was intercepted at Jebel Ali Port, coming from an Asian country.The drugs were detected by Dubai Customs inspectors at Jebel Ali Customs Centre, using its internationally-acclaimed, award-winning Risk Engine system.
“In a failed attempt to hoodwink Customs officers, the importer packed the tramadol powder in plastic bags inside 100 barrels, and the 35 million tramadol pills were concealed in 140 cartoon boxes,” the Director of Jebel Ali Customs Centres Management at Dubai Customs Yousuf Al Hashemi said.
Lear MoreAttorney General Koster halts sale of fake motor products
St. Louis, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster today announced a settlement with M & N Missouri L.L.C., doing business as Unique Mart, of St. Louis County, and the company’s owner, Mohammed Qasem, for offering harmful and mislabeled automotive products for sale. The agreement requires Qasem and his business to cease carrying products the Missouri Department of Agriculture has found to be harmful and to pay the state $2,000 in civil penalties, $4,000 in suspended penalties, and future penalties of $5,000 per violation if he again violates the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act or another Stop Sale Notice.
http://themissouritimes.com/21631/attorney-general-koster-halts-sale-of-fake-motor-products/
Lear MoreNigeria: NCS Cautions Nigerians Against Shun Smuggling
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has warned Nigerians to avoid taking smuggling as a business or means of livelihood.The service also enjoined Nigerians to shun buying contrabands such as frozen poultry products as their harmful to their health.
The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri, Imo State, Comptroller Victor David Dimka gave the warning while making public the recent exploits of the units in the zone.He stated that men and officers of the NCS are now better trained and are undergoing capacity building all over the commands and the Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja to meet challenges of tackling smuggling.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201509041319.html
Lear MoreAussie invention to reveal counterfeit products
Researchers have come up with a way to stop counterfeiting, which is now a worldwide problem with billions of dollars worth of fakes stopped at customs every year.Now, invisible codes are being hidden in genuine products – sorting the real thing from the fakes.
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Algeria: Two Smugglers Arrested in Tamanrasset, Smuggling Attempts Foiled At Border Regions
Algiers — Two smugglers were arrested Wednesday by units of the People’s National Army in Tamanrasset, and various products and cattle intended to be smuggled were seized at several border regions, said Thursday the Ministry of National Defence.
“As part of measures to strengthen border security and fight against organized crime, a detachment of the operational area of Tamanrasset (6th Military Region) arrested two smugglers, on 2 September 2015, and seized an all-terrain vehicle and four metal detectors,” said the statement.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201509031768.html
Lear MoreCentury-old Limerick tobacco shop to stop selling cigarettes
The supply of smuggled tobacco products on our streets has led to the only licenced tobacconist outside of Dublin ending its sale of cigarettes.Cahill and Sons in Limerick is one of only four retailers in the country with a special exemption that allows them to display cigarettes in their store.
It has continuously traded for 145 years but the current owner says that, with an epidemic of smuggled tobacco products on the streets, her cigarette trade is now going up in smoke.
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World Anti-counterfeit Clothing and Accessories Packaging – Market Opportunities and Forecasts to 2020 for the $20 Billion Industry
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/63b2kx/world) has announced the addition of the “World Anti-counterfeit Clothing and Accessories Packaging – Market Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014 – 2020” report to their offering.
Presently, the counterfeiting rates of clothing and accessories impedes the financial growth of fashion and luxury goods industry. To overcome counterfeiting practices, authentication technologies are highly preferred techniques for low-cost products. The growing trend of multilayered product protection for fashion accessories would largely boost to the authentication technology market. Local manufactures form the key user segment of economic authentication technologies. A high demand is estimated for the segment of cost-effective authentication technologies during the forecast period.
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