Launch of Apple smartwatch soured by fakes
January 12, 2015
Apple WatchAs Apple gears up to launch its new smartwatch the lamentable yet inevitable tide of fakes has already begun.The...
Learn MoreTanzania: Some Fake Goods Are Dangerous
January 12, 2015
JUMA Mlagaja bought fake electrical wiring cables unwittingly for his new multi-million shilling house at Kigamboni. All went...
Learn MoreMicrosoft, Alibaba collaborate to take on counterfeit software products
January 11, 2015
Tech giant Microsoft has collaborated with Chinese online retailer Alibaba Group to remove counterfeit and unlicensed software...
Learn MoreThree are arrested in Malaga
January 10, 2015
Three Dundalk residents are believed to be among five Irish nationals, a Norwegian and a Spanish lawyer arrested in what is...
Learn MoreiPhone users targeted in fake purse text scam
January 9, 2015
A text-message spam campaign that flooded mobile phones and irritated perhaps millions of iPhone users last summer reared its...
Learn MoreAlibaba, Microsoft agree to crack down on counterfeit software
January 9, 2015
Alibaba Group and Microsoft have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance the security of Microsoft’s...
Learn MoreUnreleased Apple Inc. (AAPL) Watch Already Finds Chinese Smartwatch Clones At CES 2015
January 8, 2015
It is sad, but true. Even before the original product could hit the market, clone started doing the rounds. This would not happen...
Learn MoreFears that dangerous fake vodka ‘is still out there’ in Derbyshire
January 8, 2015
THOUSANDS of bottles of dangerous fake vodka are still in circulation, a Derbyshire trading standards official has...
Learn MoreHong Kong customs seizes about 2.1m illicit cigarettes, 13 arrested
January 8, 2015
HONG KONG: Customs officials seized about 2.1 million illicit cigarettes and arrested 13 people in the latest raid on...
Learn MoreHow e-retailers such as Flipkart, Amazon are keeping fake products at bay
January 8, 2015
Stung by instances of rogue sellers on their platform shipping dubious products, online marketplaces are putting in place...
Learn MoreKilling, not curing: deadly boom in counterfeit medicine in Afghanistan
January 8, 2015
At the beginning of December Najib’s 10-week-old daughter fell ill, crying with stomach ache late into the night. The next day...
Learn MoreTunisia’s smuggling trade poses security risk
January 8, 2015
At a checkpoint outside Qayrawan, two soldiers inspect a mini-bus transporting locals to Tunis. Looking in the boot, the soldiers...
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