Illicit tobacco seized from Lincolnshire cabbie ‘belonged to organised crime gang
A Grantham taxi driver was caught with more than £250,000 worth of illicit tobacco destined for an organised crime gang.
Alan...
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Researchers Develop Special Fluorescent Ink to Reveal Counterfeit Products
One day soon, the simple act of taking a photo with your smartphone could help fight crime, and prevent you from getting ripped...
Learn MoreLaunch of Coalition against Illicit Trade (CAIT) to Fight Global Counterfeiting and Smuggling
Today marks the launch of the Coalition Against Illicit Trade (CAIT), a new worldwide coalition of businesses and organisations...
Learn MoreKaren Millen anti-counterfeit campaign stops sale of over £2.6m worth of fake garments
An international anti-counterfeit campaign by leading fashion house Karen Millen has succeeded in stopping the sale of over £2.6m...
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Research develop special fluorescent ink to reveal counterfeit products
Oneday soon, the simple act of taking a photo with your Smartphone could help fight crimes, and prevent you from getting ripped...
Learn MoreReal or Fake? Consumers Can Now Tell
Belgian label producer Reynders has teamed up with ScanTrust, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, to produce a label printing...
Learn MoreThree men sentenced after probe into cigarette and tobacco smuggling led by HM Revenue and Customs
The gang evaded more than £220,000 in duty by sending more than 400,000 cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco through the post from...
Learn MoreRajasthan tobacco flip- Months after WHO pat, state cuts paan masala taxes
Rajasthan has “in public interest” slashed tobacco taxes by 20 to 30 per cent on the ground that the steep rates were...
Learn MoreEUBAM: stepping up the fight against cigarette smuggling through regional cooperation
Representatives from customs and law enforcement agencies of Belarus, Georgia and Lithuania met recently at the Task Force...
Learn MoreNigeria loses N9bn annually to counterfeit products
Stakeholders in the home appliance and baby care industry have lamented the increasing incidence of counterfeit products, which...
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The secret lives of Thailand’s counterfeiters
On streets in Bangkok and in some of its glistening air-conditioned malls, countless counterfeit Rolexes, DVDs, Gucci fashion...
Learn MoreRetired NJ state prison employee charged with smuggling tobacco
A retired New Jersey state prison employee is accused of smuggling tobacco into Trenton state prison in exchange for thousands of...
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