Has your business been duped by counterfeit tech goods?
While fake consumer goods hit the headlines, products from all sectors of technology can be counterfeited with widespread...
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How things have changed thanks to the nanny state
I HAD to smile at the headline ‘Investigators smoking out smuggled tobacco’ March 26. I can only hope they have more...
Learn MoreBulgarian tobacco firm to halt exports to Middle East after smuggling claims
Bulgarian tobacco company Bulgartabac said it would halt sales to the Middle East as of April 1, following media allegations its...
Learn MoreAuthorities foil attempt to smuggle 3 tons of tobacco into Gaza
The security guards at the Sha’ar Ephraim crossing between Gaza and Israel, along with security guards from the Tax...
Learn MoreNigeria jails 14 foreigners for oil smuggling
Lagos – A Nigerian court on Friday jailed 14 foreign sailors from Russia, Ukraine, Philippine and Japan between two and...
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$1300 Apple iPhone 6s Converted into a “Pear iPhone”
There’s a reason why you should be shopping online only from popular and trusted websites, or you might end up with a defective...
Learn MoreChiz: Protect our farmers, stop agri products smuggling
VICE presidential candidate Senator Francis Escudero has urged the government to protect local farmers and “fight the influx” of...
Learn MoreNorth Korean counterfeit cigarette trade faces squeeze
Stepped up U.N. sanctions against North Korea could put a crimp on an important source of foreign exchange for the secretive...
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JEDEC tackles counterfeiters with new standard
International standards body JEDEC has published JESD243, which addresses manufacturers’ responsibilities in the fight against...
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Doncaster trading standards officers seize 85,000 counterfeit cigarettes in black market clamp down
More than 85,000 fake cigarettes – plus 40kg of illicit rolling tobacco – have been seized in Doncaster in less than a...
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Rimutaka prison guard jailed for corruptly smuggling in phones, tobacco, food
He used to be on the right side of the bars. Now a prison guard will experience life on the other side of lock and...
Learn MoreFG Empowers SON To Jail Substandard Product Dealers For 10yrs
Federal Government has empowered Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to jail dealers in substandard products for ten years....
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