Alibaba fosters local brands to fight fakes
May 26, 2015
Criticised and even sued by luxury brand Gucci and others for facilitating the counterfeit goods trade, Chinese e-commerce giant...
Learn MoreMore arrests on the way over illegal tobacco
May 26, 2015
Complaints regarding the selling of cheap, untaxed cigarettes and counterfeit tobacco to Crimestoppers have doubled, the charity...
Learn MoreCounterfeit Italian food products face trade group scrutiny
May 25, 2015
Is your spaghetti dinner really Italian?
Not if you’re using marinara sauce from a jar, regular supermarket pasta, everyday olive...
Learn MoreOrmskirk criminal made £6.3million fortune from smuggling cigarettes from China
May 23, 2015
Judge orders West Lancs crime couple to hand over £100,000 crime proceeds – or face being locked up
A crime couple from...
Learn MoreWar on imitation medicines
May 21, 2015
The State Health Department is on full alert against rampant selling of imitation medicinal products over the counter.
Assistant...
Learn MoreKirton man sentenced after being caught with 25kg of illicit tobacco
May 21, 2015
A Kirton man, caught with almost 25kg of illicit hand-rolling tobacco (HRT) in his house, has been sentenced after an...
Learn MoreMd. Comptroller’s Office targets cigarette smugglers
May 20, 2015
The I-95 corridor used to be known for drug running up and down the East Coast but now traffickers of a different kind are using...
Learn MoreMiddle Eastern crime gangs main players in Australia’s illegal tobacco boom
May 20, 2015
The gangs are flooding our cities with illegal cigarettes and tobacco as they seek to cash in on smokers looking to save money...
Learn MoreMd. Comptroller’s Office targets cigarette smugglers
May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON (WUSA9)–The I-95 corridor used to be known for drug running up and down the East Coast but now traffickers of a...
Learn MoreFake Makeup Products Contain Poisonous Chemicals, Human Urine, Rats’ Droppings
May 19, 2015
We all love a good bargain, but the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), part of the City of London Police, is...
Learn MoreOver 10 retailers in Fairfield and Cabramatta are selling illicit tobacco By Bianca Perez
May 18, 2015
CABRAMATTA and Fairfield have been identified as Australia’s top two suburbs to have the highest number of retailers...
Learn MoreChop Chop – Illegal tobacco issue worsening
May 18, 2015
The importation and sale of illegally imported tobacco is a worsening problem in NSW and the big tobacco companies are...
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