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July 8, 2015

The average pack of cigarettes costs about ¢1,600 in Costa Rica. Almost 70% of this cost goes to paying various types of taxes....

July 7, 2015

The fate of debt-ridden U.S. rare earth miner Molycorp rests on China’s efforts to crack down on networks that smuggled as...

July 7, 2015

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...

July 6, 2015

Assam and Meghalaya are incurring revenue losses to the tune of Rs 700 crore every year due to illegal trade of cigarettes, which...

July 6, 2015

The number of counterfeit products being sold is continuously rising, recently confirmed in reports compiled by by Police...

July 4, 2015

The Customs Department continues to enhance its enforcement initiative to curb smuggling activities. This includes contraband...

July 4, 2015

The Abu Dhabi Police have arrested a salesman for dealing in women’s bags counterfeiting high-end brands. The suspect was...

July 3, 2015

Dominated globally by organised crime, the illicit tobacco trade could be said to be a frightening tripod that damages legitimate...

July 2, 2015

Four people were charged with importing and distributing fake Apple and Sony electronic gear, following a joint investigation by...

July 2, 2015

Four people were charged in Newark, New Jersey, Wednesday with allegedly smuggling 40,000 counterfeit electronic devices and...

July 2, 2015

As a father of a teenage daughter, I can relate to the concerns raised in Ms Adeline Goh Yee Hua’s letter, “Smoking is bad for...

July 1, 2015

Faced with a growing global influx of fake make-up, the world’s most counterfeited cosmetics brand is warning customers to...