Smuggling, corruption, high costs, lack of government support have destroyed Guyana’s manufacturing
There are several factors that contributed to the demise of Guyana’s once thriving manufacturing sector. Smuggling is the number...
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SI 64 will fuel smuggling
Industry has said government’s recent import restrictions are going to fuel more smuggling the country amid indications...
Learn MoreThis is what £72k in cash looks like – seized from couple who ran illegal tobacco shop from home
A 73-year-old Forest of Dean man and his wife ran a contraband cigarette and tobacco shop from their home for several years, a...
Learn MoreMan confesses role in smuggling fake $100 billion
Clinton Walker, 34, confessed to his role in the conspiracy to bring in at least $400,000 in fake U.S. Federal Reserve notes into...
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Fake auto parts industry growing at alarming rate
The spiralling growth of Indian automobile industry has also led to an increase in the notorious counterfeiting business. Every...
Learn MoreName and shame smugglers, consumer group urges Customs
After alleged drug personalities, consumer watchdog United Filipino Consumers and Commuters (UFCC) now wants government to name...
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Tax dodging shopkeeper fails in bid to get free from jail
Dewsbury shopkeeper who was jailed after he dodged £80,000 tax by selling fake branded cigarettes and tobacco has lost a Court of...
Learn MoreCambodian Arrested for Smuggling Fake Smokes to Thailand
A Cambodian woman was arrested on Monday for smuggling counterfeit Thai cigarettes worth about six million baht (about $190,000)...
Learn MorePopping Down to the Shops and Into Australia’s Booming Tobacco Black Market
As of September 1, 2016 the tobacco tax is set to increase again. Next month’s surge is expected to raise ciggie prices by...
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SON Decries Fake Products Imports
The Standard Organisationof Nigeria (SON), a regulatory body superintending the prevention of importation of substandard goods...
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Cambodian arrested smuggling fake Thai cigarettes
A Cambodian woman has been arrested for smuggling counterfeit Thai cigarettes worth about six million baht into Thailand after...
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Shopkeepers given 200 hours unpaid work after fake tobacco worth £80,500 on sale
Two shopkeepers from Nottingham have each been given a 12 week sentence, suspended for 24 months, 200 hours unpaid work and...
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