Illegal ciggies seized during raid on sundry shops
Customs officers have seized 2,000 sticks of smuggled Tex cigarettes from a sundry shop in Jalan Bukit Tambun with unpaid duty totalling RM1,007.
The officers found packs of the contraband stored in the rear of the shop during a raid yesterday and arrested the outlet operator. In Johor Baru, an Indian national was arrested and several cartons of smuggled cigarettes seized during a Customs raid at a sundry shop in KampungDatoSulaimanMenteri here.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/03/25/Illegal-ciggies-seized-during-raid-on-sundry-shops/
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Dominican Republic Pays Cost Of Rum Smuggling
As reported by Dominican Today, the country’s industry and commerce minister José del Castillo revealed the information at the launch of the government’s Campaign Against Tax Evasion, Smuggling, Counterfeit Alcohol and Tobacco.
“It’s time to revert it before it becomes uncontrollable,” de Castillo said of the country’s black market for rum and cigarettes, adding that this impacts the government, consumers and producers.
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Education can tackle counterfeiting
HONG KONG: Rather than simply relying on legal enforcement to address the problem of counterfeit goods, brands operating in China should also consider demand-led actions, two academics have argued. “Knowing who buys these fakes and why can help firms get a handle on what can be done to dissuade the customers in question from doing so again,” said Lars Bergkvist, associate professor/marketing at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, and Li Wanzhen at the EDHEC Business School.
http://www.warc.com/LatestNews/News/Education_can_tackle_counterfeiting.news?ID=34474
Lear MoreFDA acts to stem flow of fake drugs and medical gear
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has inaugurated an inter-agency task force to monitor, seize and share information on substandard, spurious and counterfeit medical products.The task force, which will be led by FDA, will also report falsified medical products to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other regulators, as well as share intelligence on product surveillance, quality and suspicious market activity.
http://www.spyghana.com/fda-acts-to-stem-flow-of-fake-drugs-and-medical-gear/
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Whitenicious products pulled down from Konga after singer claimed they were fake
Hours after Pop singer/beauty entrepreneur Dencia claimed that some online retail stores might be selling fake versions of her Whitenicious product, Konga has pulled it off the racks. Reports earlier today suggested that Whitenicious dupes are being sold on online stores.Dencia’s PR team reached out today to inform the public that sites putting up Whitenicious for sale online are selling the dupes/unauthorized products.
Lear MoreHow Counterfeits Can Impact Your Manufacturing Process
The counterfeiting of well-known brands and products is a problem that continues to rise each year; currently, it is estimated to make up five to seven percent of world trade or $1.77 trillion in 2015. Counterfeited brands, including consumer safety, manufacturing and electrical products, can have threatening implications for industry workers and facilities alike.
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2015/03/how-counterfeits-can-impact-your-manufacturing-process
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Salvatore Ferragamo intercepted 90,000 counterfeits in 2014
Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo has revealed the extent of its battle against counterfeit goods, which saw it intercept and block approximately 90,000 fake products from being sold online in 2014.The brand intensified its efforts to combat forged goods in 2014, particularly online and in the Chinese market, winning 10 civil court cases during the year.
Lear MoreWhen China floods the world with illegal goods
Chinese business has been booming for close to 30 years, with the economic reform going back to 1978. In those three decades, the most largely populated country in the world has gone from a state of under-development, recovered from its political turmoil, and reached the third rank of millionaires in the world, after the United States and Japan. But if the People’s Republic has developed a real and solid economy, the extent in which it has indulged in counterfeiting has reached unbelievable levels, at the expenses of the rest of the world, notably Europe.
Lear MoreFEATURE: iPhone Smuggling
A man crossing the Hong Kong-China border with 146 iPhones strapped around his belly was apprehended by Shenzhen officials before he even got a good core workout. The 47-pound bundle, confiscated on March 6, was reportedly the biggest iHaul ever found on a single smuggler. When his homemade belt set off the metal detector at border security, officials told CNN that the man assured them he was wearing metal accessories, “but we didn’t believe him.”
Whether or not the man will face charges is unknown. But he is far from the first to concoct such a scheme: China is home to a widespread “gray market” of clandestine iPhones, which are hocked to tech-thirsty urban tastemakers.
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Milo under the spotlight after fake products seized in Malaysia: 10 facts about Milo
Popular energy drink Milo – sold under the Nestle company – has been put under the spotlight after authorities in Malaysia seized RM250,000 (S$94,058) worth of imitation Milo products in Negeri Sembilan on March 13.
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