Customs foils largest recent case of unmanufactured tobacco smuggling by transhipment
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Hong Kong Customs smashed a suspected smuggling case involving the transhipment of unmanufactured...
Learn MorePortuguese police dismantle tobacco smuggling ring
LISBON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) police force has dismantled a tobacco smuggling...
Learn MorePortuguese police dismantle tobacco smuggling ring
Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) police force has dismantled a tobacco smuggling ring and seized around 775,000...
Learn MoreLack of awareness helps counterfeits
Lack of awareness helps counterfeits
Lack of consumer awareness is one of the main issues in tackling the counterfeiting problem,...
Learn MoreCigarette smuggling is just as big as cocaine trafficking
Cigarette smuggling alone costs the EU and its Member States €11 billion per year. A turn over which has reached that of heroin...
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Cargo Trains Smuggle Cigarettes From Belarus Into The European Union
Since 2014 the pattern of illegal exports from Belarus to EU has moved towards larger consignments. Large quantities of detained...
Learn MoreCustoms seize seven tonnes of tobacco at port of Purfleet
AN attempt to smuggle almost seven tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco into the UK through the Port of Purfleet has been prevented by...
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Jail nurse accused of smuggling
A nurse at the Delaware County Jail has been fired and arrested after she allegedly smuggled a cell phone into the jail.Kelly...
Learn MoreMd. cigarette taxes have unintended consequences
In recent years, Maryland has substantially raised tobacco taxes. Its current rates of $2 for a pack of cigarettes and 15 percent...
Learn MoreCounterfeit refrigerants ‘potentially dangerous’
Residents in Saudi Arabia are concerned about potentially dangerous counterfeit refrigerants which are increasingly found in the...
Learn MoreCornwall-based Regional Task Force charges five with tobacco-smuggling offences
The Cornwall-based Regional Task Force made a series of tobacco-smuggling arrests through November and the beginning of this...
Learn MoreWarning for farm exports, as Chinese counterfeiters rip off Aussie products
An Australian farmer who has been exporting to China is pulling his product out of the market over counterfeit concerns. His move...
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