Nigeria, Benin Partner On Anti-Smuggling
The bi-lateral agreement took place at Seme Border on Tuesday, July 7, and was witnessed by dignitaries and agencies from both...
Learn MoreThree attempts by tobacco and contraband cigarette smugglers foiled
Three separate attempts by smugglers to bring in duty-unpaid chewing tobacco and cigarettes have been thwarted by authorities...
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Counterfeiters From China Live Large in California
The Chinese woman has a history of selling counterfeit luxury goods. She has been sued in the U.S. by eight luxury brands. She...
Learn More‘Edible Barcodes’ Help Fight Counterfeit Drugs
Who knew that the answer to fighting the trillion-dollar global counterfeit drug problem rested in a particle the size of a speck...
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Tobacco smugglers see profit go up in smoke
Over the last few months, CRTF officers laid charges against three people and seized 1,720 kilograms of fine cut tobacco, two...
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Fake meds seized in Cebu
SEVERAL boxes of allegedly fake medicines were seized yesterday during a simultaneous raid in five pharmacies in the cities of...
Learn MoreHong Kong foils smuggling of cigarettes
Hong Kong Customs announced on Thursday that 100,000 sticks of suspected illicit cigarettes with a market value of about 270,000...
Learn MoreICE Thinks Counterfeit Warriors Gear Is a Threat to National Security
Just a few days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it had performed a “slam dunk” enforcement...
Learn MoreThe WHO & High Tobacco Tax in Costa Rica
The average pack of cigarettes costs about ¢1,600 in Costa Rica. Almost 70% of this cost goes to paying various types of taxes....
Learn MoreFate of global rare earth miners rests on China smuggling crackdown
The fate of debt-ridden U.S. rare earth miner Molycorp rests on China’s efforts to crack down on networks that smuggled as...
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Truck Driver Arrested for Smuggling Out-of-State Recyclables
A California man was arrested last month for trying to trade in nearly 7,000 pounds of recyclables that he hauled in from out of...
Learn MoreMeghalaya losing Rs 90 cr annually
Assam and Meghalaya are incurring revenue losses to the tune of Rs 700 crore every year due to illegal trade of cigarettes, which...
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