Food: counterfeiting cost 4bln a year
SEPTEMBER 9 – Each year fake food products and tobacco smuggling cost the legal market four billion euros and over 20,000...
Learn MoreIllicit tobacco trade flourishing in Canterbury-Bankstown, where there are higher than average smoking rates
THE Canterbury-Bankstown area is a hotspot for the illegal tobacco trade because smoking rates are higher in lower socio-economic...
Learn MoreIndia’s counterfeit market grows
Counterfeit and smuggled products account for over one fifth of India’s FMCG market according to a study which says sales...
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Cigarette haul worth £500,000 intercepted by HMRC officers
Two men from Hounslow have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling £500,000 worth of cigarettes concealed in washing machines....
Learn MoreVietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival lantern makers hurt by Chinese copycats
While the Mid-Autumn Festival market in Vietnam is often filled with cheap, low-quality Chinese lanterns, local producers this...
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Custom deploys 11 gunboats to fight piracy, smuggling
The Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) said it has deployed 11 gunboats to fight pirates and smugglers within the Western waterways...
Learn MoreHome briefs: Cigarette smuggling attempt foiled
A 42-year-old Malaysian man’s attempt to smuggle into Singapore 4,050 boxes of contraband cigarettes and 150 bundles of...
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Over a fifth of FMCG products in India are fake or smuggled
Walk down the public bridge of any local railway station here or any other city for that matter and it is not uncommon to find...
Learn MoreSniffer dogs uncover huge haul of illicit tobacco and Viagra tablets
Sniffer dogs followed their noses to a “shocking” stash of illicit tobacco and Viagra tablets in a series of raids on...
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Hoodlums beat NAFDAC officials, policemen chasing fake products
Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and mobile Policemen attached to its...
Learn MoreWolverhampton shops in £150K bust may lose licences
Two shops face losing their licences after police raids found them selling counterfeit tobacco and illicit alcohol.Euro Shop and...
Learn MoreDubai Customs foils smuggling attempt of 35m tramadol pills and 2.5 tons of powder tramadol
Dubai Customs officers have seized 35 million tramadol pills and 2.5 tons of tramadol powder
Dubai Customs officers have seized...
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