Black market tobacco now 14.5 per cent of all consumption, Illicit Tobacco in Australia report shows
THE BILLION dollar illicit tobacco black market has hit a record high as Australian smokers baulk at the price of legal...
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Fake medicine hits retail investors hard
Individual investors took a severe beating from the fake herbal medicine produced by Naturalendo Tech, with their combined...
Learn MoreFeds seize large Fresno County tribal cache of cigarettes
Federal agents seized more than $600,000 in cigarettes destined for the Big Sandy Rancheria, but tribal leaders say the...
Learn MoreEssex County Corrections Officer Accepted Bribes to Smuggle Cigarettes and Cell Phones
An Essex County corrections officer admitted that he accepted bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband – including cell...
Learn MoreMan gets year in prison for smuggling cigarettes from Missouri
A Chicago man has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling black market cigarettes into Illinois...
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Inmate charged in smuggling try
Another Pulaski County jail prisoner has been arrested in connection with the April 23 attempted smuggling of contraband into the...
Learn MoreBOC files smuggling complaint against steel traders
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday filed a smuggling complaint against two traders and brokers for the illegal importation...
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Counterfeits are on the rise, says Europol
More and more fakes are arriving in Europe from Asia, while domestic production is also on the rise, according to Europol’s 2015...
Learn MoreHow to protect your bike brand against counterfeiters
How big is the counterfeiting problem in the bike trade? In an industry notoriously poor at collecting valuable statistics, it is...
Learn MoreFirm Warns Against Use Of Fake Electrical Products
A meter manufacturing firm, MOMAS Nigeria Limited Lagos, has urged the relevant agencies to urgently save Nigerians of millions...
Learn MoreCustoms, health officials suspected of shielding smugglers of tainted food: agency
The Agency Against Corruption yesterday revealed that Yang Jun-yuan an official of the Taipei Customs of Customs Administration...
Learn MoreCounterfeit goods killing Ghanaian companies
The Ghana Employers Association (GEA) says counterfeit goods are destroying indigenous Ghanaian companies.A survey by the...
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