Court Remands Man In Prison For Counterfeiting Alomo Bitters
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a Lagos based businessman, Akintunde Smith in prison custody for counterfeiting Alomo Bitters. The judge have the order after Akintunde was arraigned by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ( NAFDAC) on a three count charge of manufacturing processed food without registration.
The suspect, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was not represented by a lawyer in court.
Lear MoreChinese government pledges to step up crackdown on selling fake goods online
The State Administration for Industry and Commerce has pledged to intensify the crackdown on the sales of fake products online in China.The remarks by the regulator’s head, Zhang Mao, came after a high-profile spat between the government body and the e-commerce giant Alibaba earlier this year.“Market order can only be regulated if we increase the penalties for selling fake goods, making traders who sell such goods unable to continue operations, or go bankrupt,” Zhang said during a press briefing at the National People’s Congress in Beijing today.
Man admitts raft of illegal tobacco, alcohol and fake DVD offences in Cornwall
A man has been fined and handed a suspended sentance over fake Muppets movies, illegal tobacco and booze. Ian James Whipp, 59 of Minorca Lane, Bugle Cornwall, was sentenced on Friday 6 March in relation to a total of nine offences covering the sale of illegal tobacco, counterfeit DVD’s and the unlicensed sale of alcohol.Whipp, who pleaded guilty, had been caught in possession of 80 pouches of Cutters Choice hand rolling tobacco, which had been illegally imported for sale into the UK and 12 packets of PЭCT (pronounced Fest) a brand produced exclusively for the illicit market.
Police bust cigarette smuggling ring
Customs officials in the city of Graz have arrested five cigarette smugglers responsible for smuggling about 1.3 million cigarettes from Serbia to Austria.Investigators first caught their trail when a car with a Croatian number plate was pulled over during a routine inspection in Spielfeld in Styria in November 2014, where over 60,000 cigarettes of foreign origin were found in custom-made cavities in the vehicle.
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Investigators from the Customs Office in the city of Graz on Wednesday arrested five cigarette smugglers who have smuggled about 1.3 million cigarettes from Serbia to Austria.Investigators first caught their trail when a car was pulled over during a routine inspection in Spielfeld in the state of Styria in November 2014, where over 60,000 cigarettes of foreign origin were found in custom-made cavities in the vehicle.The Customs Office stated in a press release Wednesday that the five suspects were from Hungary, Austria and Serbia, aged between 35 and 50.
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Weight-loss supplement laced with Prozac ‘a fake’
FDA building signA weight-loss supplement sold by USPlabs was found to contain the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s antidepressant Prozac, according to the FDA, although the manufacturer disputes the claim.The US regulator issued an alert late last month after it emerged that samples of OxyElite Pro Super Thermogenic (OEP) were found on analysis to contain fluoxetine. USPlabs is claiming that the product tested was however counterfeit.
One in three people who order designer products online receive a fake – prompting retailers to advise customers how to spot counterfeit items
A third of Americans have purchased designer goods online which have turned out to be fakes.
According to new research by fashion retailer Crossroads Trading, which surveyed 1,000 adults, one in three people who had ordered a designer item online were left furious when a counterfeit product arrived on their doorstep.
Almost half of those participants said the fake item was of poor quality, while 43 per cent said it looked nothing like the original picture.
RM2.4 bil revenue lost due to cigarette, liquor smuggling
The country loses about RM1.9 billion in revenue annually as a result of cigarette smuggling activities and another RM500 million on revenue from unpaid duty for smuggled liquor.
Sniffer dogs discover large amounts of illegal tobacco in Lancashire raids
SNIFFER dogs helped to discover large amounts of illegal tobacco in raids carried out by Lancashire County Council trading standards.More than 1,200 packs of suspected contraband cigarettes, tobacco and tobacco blunts were seized, with the help of sniffer dogs, from 35 shops in Rossendale, Burnley, Nelson and Colne.
Fake toner products worth Dh11 million seized in RAK
The tools used in the counterfeit process, along with the duplicate products were seized in collaboration with the inspectors of the RAK Department of Economic Development.
The Ras Al Khaimah Police have seized counterfeit products of ink and toner cartridges worth Dh11 million from a villa in RAK city and busted a gang of Asians involved in the crime.
Major-General Ali Abdullah bin Alwan Al Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of the RAK Police, on Sunday said the Organised Crimes Section of the RAK Police was alerted that some Asian residents were dealing in counterfeit products. “The gang’s villa was put under surveillance. After the tip-off was confirmed, the villa was raided.”
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