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...
Learn MoreOrganised 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...
Learn 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...
Learn More
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...
Learn More
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...
Learn More
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...
Learn MoreNAFDAC nabs fake wine dealers in Abuja, confiscates N100m worth wine
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) closed down four shops and confiscated N100 million...
Learn MoreMassive crackdown on fake jewellery and watches in Qatar
Consumer Protection Department (CPD) has launched a massive crackdown on jewellery shops selling fake watches and ornaments of...
Learn MoreCombating Sale of Counterfeit and Falsified Medicines Online: A Losing Battle
The rapid growth of technology has transformed many brick-and-mortar businesses into online businesses, and medicines are now...
Learn MoreRetailers caught in a bind as government cracks down on fake cigarette stamps
MANILA — A supermarket group wants authorities to issue clear guidelines, as its members look for ways to cooperate with the...
Learn More
Be Careful: Gov’t Warned Tax On Alcohol And Tobacco Could Increase Smuggling
Last week the finance minister, Audley Shaw, announced an increase in the special consumption tax on pure alcohol from $1,120 per...
Learn MoreSheriff: Calcasieu Parish deputy fired for smuggling synthetic marijuana, tobacco
3LAKE CHARLES — A Calacasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired after sheriff’s officials say he smuggled...
Learn More