Illinois Men Plead Guilty to Smuggling Untaxed Tobacco Products Into Minnesota
The Washington County Attorney’s Office has reached plea agreements with a pair of Illinois men accused of aiding and...
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Ombudsman: Some 40% of all tobacco products sold in Russia are counterfeit
About 35-40 percent of tobacco products sold on the Russian market are illegally produced, Russian business ombudsman Boris Titov...
Learn MoreFake goods on the rise in India; illicit trade increases 44% in two years, new report shows
A study from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in India has revealed that the trade of fake...
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 MoreRecord smuggling attempt thwarted in Poland
A record smuggling attempt of nine tonnes of tobacco was thwarted when Polish police found the contraband, worth PLN 5.5 million...
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Fake cosmetics worth $100m seized in crackdown.
Almost 70 tonnes of fake cosmetics have been seized and three business owners detained in an ongoing crackdown by the Interior...
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Counterfeit, smuggled cigarettes thriving in India
The illicit market in smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes is thriving in India, so much so that industry reports have claimed...
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Cambodia seizes 68 tonnes of fake cosmetic products
Cambodian authorities have confiscated 68 tonnes of fake cosmetic products that purported to be made in countries like Japan and...
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Huge haul of cigarettes and fuel seized by Revenue
Almost 45 million cigarettes worth €23.5m were seized in 2016 while nearly 400,000 litres of fuel were confiscated, according to...
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Newcastle tobacco plot foiled after man found with more than 350,000 illicit cigarettes
A tobacco smuggling plot has been stubbed out after a man was caught with more than 350,000 cigarettes stashed at his Newcastle...
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Petroleum smuggling rampant in Rautahat
Gas station operators in Rautahat district headquarters Gaur and elsewhere in the district are reportedly involved in smuggling...
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Deadly Fake Goods – $1.9 Billion In Counterfeit Products Includes Rum, Shoes, Appliances
Rum is among the latest items being counterfeited by criminals in Jamaica. The bulk of the $1.9 billion worth of fake goods...
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