Fake Apple EarPods, adapters seized at the Peace Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officers confiscated counterfeit Apple products valued more than $15,000 Monday at the Peace Bridge.
CBP officers said they selected a shipment labeled “Earphones” for further examination and found “EarPods” and adapters with the Apple logo.
Upon closer inspection, officers said the found the packaging and product quality inconsistent with Apple products.
Import specialists from CBP’s Electronics Center of Excellence and Expertise detained the shipment for further analysis. Those specialists determined the products were fake.
http://www.wkbw.com/news/fake-apple-earpods-adapters-seized-at-the-peace-bridge
Lear MoreBiggest untaxed tobacco seizure in MN history goes to court
Not buckling up could lead to a hefty cost depending on what is in your trunk.
The pair of Illinois men stopped with an estimated $78,000 in untaxed tobacco received felony charges for the smuggling of tobacco into the state of Minnesota.
Last June, State Patrol pulled over Muhammed Abdul Majid and Iman Ugurlu for passing a weigh station in their Penske truck without stopping, as well as driving without buckling.
After some inspection of paper work, the patrol officer discovered the truck rented outside of Beloit, Illinois despite the claim of a delivery from Wisconsin. When an inspection was conducted after brining the vehicle in, the tobacco was discovered.
They were charged in Washington County District on Feb. 9 and had their first court appearance March 9. According to CBS, they are looking down the barrel. If convicted, they face at least five years in prison with/or a $10,000 fine for each felony charge.
http://www.msureporter.com/2017/03/23/biggest-untaxed-tobacco-seizure-in-mn-history-goes-to-court/
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Fake notes reached Kerala via Dubai; probing role of gold smuggling racket……
Karipur: The fake Indian currency notes that was reportedly distributed in Kerala had been routed to the state via a gold smuggling gang in Dubai. The Intelligence found that the help of gold smuggling racket was sought by the fake currency racketeers to smuggle counterfeit notes.
The gold smuggling gang in Kannur and Koduvally and the hawala racket are hand in glove with each other and now have shifted their attention to fake currencies received the notes from the gold smuggling gang members…….
Amazon’s counterfeit goods problem growing – Here’s how to fight back
Who doesn’t love online shopping? It’s such a convenient way to get the things you need without having to battle the crowds at the mall. You don’t even have to get out of your pajamas if you so choose.
Amazon is the largest online retailer and you can find most anything imaginable to purchase. The downside is, the retail giant has had a rash of counterfeit items showing up on its site recently. There may be some good news on that front, though.
There are three ways that Amazon fulfills orders:
Amazon Direct products are sold and shipped by Amazon.
Amazon Fulfillment items are provided to Amazon by a third-party. They are then warehoused and shipped by Amazon.
Amazon Marketplace products are sold and shipped directly from third-party sellers.
Many of the counterfeit items come from the Amazon Marketplace. That’s because those items are never inspected by Amazon.
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Customs agents seize hundreds of counterfeit Apple products in Buffalo
If you were waiting on a pair of cheap headphones for your iPhone, we got bad news for you.
Customs and Border Protection agents say they seized hundreds of fake Apple products at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo.
The products were found after agents selected a box labeled “earphones” for further inspection. Inside, they found 500 EarPods and 150 adapters with the Apple logo. But, after close inspection, agents say they found the products were counterfeits.
The total value of the fake merchandise is $15,000, agents say. Agents add, “Counterfeit merchandise is often made of inferior materials, manufactured under uncontrolled and unsanitary conditions and labeled with false information, potentially threatening the health and safety of buyers and users.”
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Organised crime syndicates smuggling ‘low risk’ tobacco leaf and cigarettes into Australia
ORGANISED crime syndicates trafficking drugs like ice and cocaine are now smuggling tobacco leaf and cigarettes and funnelling the cash back to terrorist groups.
With government taxes on tobacco set to rise again in May’s federal Budget, black market tobacco leaf and cigarettes are now as profitable as narcotics.
And such is the “low risk high return” market, Federal law enforcement now have credible evidence monies from tobacco trafficking are supporting terrorist groups in the Middle East.
Lead national crime fighting agency Australian Border Force intelligence has flagged a noticeable shift in the pattern of trafficking of tobacco which is rising exponentially, in ordinary postal mail alone by 10 to 15 per cent every year.
Lear MoreSerialized security label offers counterfeit-proof product to meet ensuing pharma regulations
This week Covectra, a serialization, authentication and track and trace technology services provider, launched its patented StellaGUARD security label.
The label is embedded with stars that are arranged in unique and random patterns and contain a serialized GS1 2D barcode, thus enabling real time authentication and serialized pedigree tracking through the use of a mobile app developed by Covectra.
The StellaGUARD label can be applied to virtually any package and material. It was developed by Covectra in anticipation of the EU’s 2019 Falsified Medicines Directive requirement for tamper evident seals on all pharma and OTC primary packages. The security label is integrated with Covectra’s EPCIS certified AuthentiTrack database, which now is managing more than 2 billion serial numbers. This enables the StellaGUARD label to be used not just for rapid authentication, but also for diversion detection and isolation as wel
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Raids at Chennai port to combat smuggling of fake currency into India
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and customs officials conducted raids at Chennai Port to combat the smuggling of counterfeit currency.
The raids began on Friday evening after DRI officials received a tip-off that counterfeit currency, including the new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 denomination notes, had arrived in the country. DRI officials are currently searching Chennai, Tughlakabad, Kanpur, Kolkata and Mumbai after receiving the tip-off.
All cargo is being screened at the Chennai port, with the outbound movement of containers requiring approval from the DRI. Inbound cargo has not been affected, according to Port authorities.
Officials believe that the fake currency was sent to India from either Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, or Nepal. The operations will end only after all containers sent from the aforementioned countries during an unspecified time period were checked by the DRI.
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Woburn Mother and Son Burned by $15,000 Worth of Untaxed Tobacco Products
WOBURN – When Woburn police pulled up to an apartment in the Glennbrook Estates they saw two cars with their doors open and packed to the roof with tobacco products, according to Woburn police.
Although initially evasive with police about where the tobacco products come from and where they were going, Soung S. Moon-Kim, 55, and her 23-year-old son Hyeok C. Moon, both of 200 Bedford Road, Apt. F20, finally produced three receipts – two from K-T Wholesale in Philadelphia totaling $1,148 in tobacco products and a $3,567 receipt that had no company name on it.
None of the dozens of boxes containing hundreds of of tobacco products – cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and wraps – had a tax stamp on them from Massachusetts.
http://patch.com/massachusetts/woburn/woburn-mother-son-burned-15-000-worth-untaxed-tobacco-products
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FDA to get tough with importers of fake products
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has resolved to deal with importers and manufacturers who import or manufacture substandard goods for the local market.
In an interview in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the FDA, Mrs Delese Mimi Darko, asked importers and manufacturers to desist from importing or manufacturing poor quality products, but to “import what you believe you would be happy for your child to use.’’
Mrs Darko said from now on, importers and manufacturers would be held responsible for any such goods on the market, stressing that “the importers and manufacturers need to be told the importance of taking responsibility for the quality and safety of what they put on the market.’’
“So, if I decide to put this product on the market, I should know that I am fully responsible for the product from the time it enters the market until the time it is finished,” she said.
http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/fda-to-get-tough-with-importers-of-fake-products.html
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