Tobacco smugglers hit with confiscation orders
September 2, 2015
A company director, who was jailed for smuggling over three tonnes of tobacco disguised as scented pot pourri through Manchester...
Learn MoreHow India’s tax system helps heavily taxed cigarettes flourish
September 2, 2015
In March 2015 – in response to a drop in sales as taxes more than doubled over four years – India’s leading...
Learn MoreWorldwide Protection Against Counterfeiting
September 1, 2015
Many brands are struggling with massive product piracy problems and the resulting loss of sales – particularly with counterfeit...
Learn MoreAfter Rocks, Empty Boxes Flipkart Delivers Fake ‘JBL’ Headphones
September 1, 2015
India’s e-commerce giant Flipkart seems to be taking its customers for granted and not learning from its past goof-ups. For...
Learn MoreCounterfeit goods real challenge to ‘Make in India’: Report
August 31, 2015
Production of low-quality counterfeit goods has the potential to significantly undermine the ‘Make in India’...
Learn MoreWorld Anti-counterfeit Clothing and Accessories Packaging – Market Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014 – 2020
August 31, 2015
The malpractices of counterfeiting activities are majorly associated with premium products as they carry high revenue benefits...
Learn MoreReport: Palestinian Women Smuggling Huge Quantities of Cheap Tobacco From Jordan
August 31, 2015
2.8 million cigarettes have been confiscated this year, but smuggling techniques are difficult to detect and mean ‘much...
Learn MoreAfrican Startup Using Phones to Spot Counterfeit Drugs
August 31, 2015
Drug Lane runs through a market in the heart of Accra, Ghana. It’s past the office towers going up to the east of the central...
Learn MoreSmuggling fines boost State budget
August 29, 2015
As many as 11,500 cases of smuggling and trade fraud have been uncovered in the first seven months of this year alone, the...
Learn More‘Epidemic’ of illegal tobacco as 8m cigarettes seized
August 27, 2015
Limerick’s only licensed tobacconists is to stop selling cigarettes because of an “epidemic” of illegal trading of smuggled packs...
Learn MoreCorner shop owners know illegal tobacco is being sold
August 26, 2015
A new survey has found that more than half of corner shop owners (57 per cent) are aware of smuggled/counterfeit products being...
Learn MoreFive arrested in smuggling investigation
August 26, 2015
Five men have been arrested in North London, on suspicion of smuggling tobacco and alcohol, after an operation by HM Revenue and...
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