Plain Packaging risk creating a prefect storm for smugglers and terror group
In 2009 I witnessed a massive illegal cigarette haul. 120 million cigarettes, smuggled into Northern Ireland by the IRA. The...
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‘Blind eye to smuggling’ aids gangs
Authorities in Northern Ireland are attempting to keep paramilitary groups sweet by turning a blind eye to smuggling, MPs have...
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Shop assistant caught despite hiding illegal cigs
A shop assistant who saw Customs officers coming to his outlet tried to hide illegal cigarettes under the counter, but to no...
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MMEA Labuan Destroys Contraband Cigarettes, Liquor Worth RM700,000
The Labuan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) disposed contraband cigarettes and liquor worth about RM700,000...
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18 people accused of £1m cigarette smuggling racket appear in court
EIGHTEEN people appeared in court today over what prosecutors say was a huge-scale evasion of duty on cigarettes and hand-rolling...
Learn MoreLack of anti-counterfeit law hampers fight against fake goods
The absence of the Anti-Counterfeiting Bill has slowed down punitive action against comapanies involved in production of...
Learn MoreHere’s How to Spot the Difference Between Real and Fake Designer Bags
Can you spot the fake Birkin above with just a glance*? Natalie Wyll and Alexa Ridolfi, the sisters who run A Second Chance...
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Fake Apple Watch Already Selling In China For Just $40
It underscores the amazing speed at which Chinese counterfeiters can bring clones to the market. Chinese fake goods manufacturers...
Learn MoreCivil Defence Arrests 7 Fake Petroleum Product Dealers In Akwa Ibom
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested seven persons for allegedly transporting fake petroleum...
Learn MoreOp-ed: The five consumer groups buying fake brands in China—and what to do about them
Associate Professor in Marketing Lars Bergkvist at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo and Li Wanzhen at the EDHEC Business...
Learn MoreWA cigarette smuggling could increase under Inslee tax
Nearly one-third of Washington’s potential cigarette tax revenues were lost to smuggling or tax evasion in the 2013 fiscal year,...
Learn MoreCourt Remands Man In Prison For Counterfeiting Alomo Bitters
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a Lagos based businessman, Akintunde Smith in prison...
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