P10-M worth fake cigarettes, goods seized in oro
BUREAU of Customs (BOC) officials from Northern Mindanao and from the office of Commissioner NicanorFaeldon confiscated fake imported tobacco products and other goods with an estimated value of P10 million in various warehouses during a series of raids in Cagayan de Oro, the agency said Wednesday, October 10.
Sonny Sarmiento, Customs technical assistant at the office of the Commissioner, said they received information that smuggled and counterfeit items have proliferated in the region, specifically in Cagayan de Oro.
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90% hike in smuggled cigarette consumption in India: FICCI
Consumption of smuggled cigarettes has increased by over 90 per cent, equivalent to 12.5-23.9 billion sticks, in the last 10 years in India, revealed a new report on Thursday.
The report released by business chamber FICCI also stated that 74 per cent of the smokers were willing to switch to cheaply-priced smuggled or illegal cigarettes due to higher taxation on legal cigarettes.
“Over 56 per cent smokers prefer attractive packaging of foreign smuggled brands which doesn’t adhere to Indian regulations like 85 per cent pictorial health warning,” said the report by FICCI CASCADE (Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy).
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Customs ropes in students to fight counterfeiting
Dubai: Customs authorities are encouraging youngsters to come up with creative ideas that can further help spread awareness on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and the negative impact of counterfeit items on people’s health and the economy.
In its fight against counterfeiting and piracy and spreading an understanding about the adverse effects that counterfeit goods can have on consumers, Dubai Customs IPR Department launched the ninth edition of the Annual Award for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for universities and schools on Wednesday. The award allows youth to submit their entries of worthwhile projects and initiatives that tackle IPR and the harmful sides to counterfeit products.
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/society/customs-ropes-in-students-to-fight-counterfeiting-1.1911924
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Animal feed producer sues distributor on counterfeit claims
The speciality feed maker, based in California, claims VBC Peptide Inc, also based in California, has been developing counterfeit feed in China and also selling product in counterfeit Vitech packaging. It also states the practice was occurring while the two companies negotiated a distribution deal in 2014.
Vitech said it has lost more than $2m in sales as a result of the counterfeit actions. It is suing Peptide for fraud and to establish that the distribution deal is void.
The allegations come as a result of Vitech discovering there was a discrepancy in the sales figures. It found that sales to Peptide had dropped yet sales of Vitech products in China were unchanged. When queried, Vitech was told there was excess product in storage.
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Two men arrested by HMRC as part of investigation into suspected multi-million pound tobacco smuggling fraud
A MAN from Dagenham was arrested by HMRC last week as part of an investigation into a suspected £2.24 million tobacco smuggling fraud.
The 29-year-old was arrested on suspicion of importing and distributing non-UK duty paid tobacco products. Another man, 22, from Basildon, Essex, was arrested for the same reason. Both men were bailed until January 2017.
HMRC, with the help of Norfolk Police, seized 7.3 million illicit cigarettes from a unit in Catfield late on Tuesday October 4, before searching suspects’ homes in east London and Essex on Wednesday October 5.
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Tobacco smuggled out of Wellington factory sold on social media
“It’s an offense if you buy stolen products. Like, if a deal is too good to be true, it is too good to be true,” said Inspector Bronwyn Marshall of Wellington Police.
The product usually ends up overseas, but in a case that’s seen four men in the Hutt Valley District Court, most of the stolen goods were sold locally on social media.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/tobacco-smuggled-wellington-factory-sold-social-media
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Animal feed producer sues distributor on counterfeit claims
The speciality feed maker, based in California, claims VBC Peptide Inc, also based in California, has been developing counterfeit feed in China and also selling product in counterfeit Vitech packaging. It also states the practice was occurring while the two companies negotiated a distribution deal in 2014.
Vitech said it has lost more than $2m in sales as a result of the counterfeit actions. It is suing Peptide for fraud and to establish that the distribution deal is void.
The allegations come as a result of Vitech discovering there was a discrepancy in the sales figures. It found that sales to Peptide had dropped yet sales of Vitech products in China were unchanged. When queried, Vitech was told there was excess product in storage.
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Illegal smuggling of drugs, firearms on the rise
More firearms and drugs are illegally entering the country than ever before, a consequence of Koreans having increased access to the goods online, a lawmaker said Monday.
From the beginning of the year to August, 246 firearms-related products – including conventional guns, stun guns, gas guns and parts – have been smuggled into the country, already 36.6 percent higher than the 180 total trafficked in last year, based on data obtained from the Korea Customs Service by Park Myung-jae, a lawmaker from the ruling Saenuri Party.
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The StandardOrganisation of Nigeria (SON) has reiterated its determination to prosecute importers of fake products into the country.
A statement issued in Lagos and signed by the newly appointed Director General of the organisation, Mr Aboloma Anthony Osita, on Friday said that the proposed prosecution of fake products importers and marketers of sub-standard products would mark a new beginning in the agency’s fight against peddlers of inferior products into the country.Osita said tahat the menace of influx of sub-standard products is highly dangerous to the growth of the nation’s economy and human health stressing that no stone will be left unturned under his leadership of the agency to fight peddlers of fake products in the country.He said that its not going to be business as usual as efforts will be stepped up to discourage the importation of fake products.
http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2016/10/10/son-to-prosecute-importers-of-fake-products/
SON To Prosecute Importers Of Fake Products
The StandardOrganisation of Nigeria (SON) has reiterated its determination to prosecute importers of fake products into the country.
A statement issued in Lagos and signed by the newly appointed Director General of the organisation, Mr Aboloma Anthony Osita, on Friday said that the proposed prosecution of fake products importers and marketers of sub-standard products would mark a new beginning in the agency’s fight against peddlers of inferior products into the country.Osita said tahat the menace of influx of sub-standard products is highly dangerous to the growth of the nation’s economy and human health stressing that no stone will be left unturned under his leadership of the agency to fight peddlers of fake products in the country.He said that its not going to be business as usual as efforts will be stepped up to discourage the importation of fake products.
http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2016/10/10/son-to-prosecute-importers-of-fake-products/
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