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April 27, 2015

Cigarette trafficking – transporting cigarettes from one jurisdiction to another without paying applicable excise taxes—keeps...

April 26, 2015

India, home to the world’s second highest number of tobacco users (around 275 million), last year had set a target of reducing...

April 25, 2015

It is particularly regrettable that the national Treasury, the ministry that should be at the forefront in efforts to grow the...

April 25, 2015

If you take a medication for your blood pressure, you expect your pill to be what it is labeled to be. This is probably true in...

April 25, 2015

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is highly unlikely to take major steps to shut off the grey or black market on its online...

April 24, 2015

What are the chances that those crisp 1000-rupee notes tucked into your wallet are fake? The bad news is that it’s possible,...

April 24, 2015

The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry today heard that the government has lost an estimated R22bn in taxes since 2010 due...

April 24, 2015

He said relevant agencies should clearly assign responsibilities and continuously co-ordinate and concentrate efforts in the...

April 24, 2015

As British American Tobacco (BAT) denies claims it’s been involved in cigarette smuggling, the National Council Against Smoking...

April 23, 2015

China’s move to scrap export taxes on certain noble alloys will remove the incentive to smuggle tungsten products, market...

April 23, 2015

Online shopping has changed the landscape of commerce across the world. While the traditional high street shops die and “bedroom...

April 23, 2015

Shanghai police have arrested 25 suspects on charges of selling counterfeit goods to overseas customers through more than 200...