Amazon not liable for copyright infringement, US court rules
September 8, 2014
A US court has rejected an appeal from the owner of sandybeachgifts.com, Sandy Routt, who claimed that online retailer Amazon is...
Learn MoreTrucker Caught with About $1.8M of Illegal Tobacco
September 8, 2014
MONTREAL, QC— A truck driver was arrested by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) after 15,330 kg of tobacco was found in his...
Learn MoreCurbing the Menace of Illicit Trade and Tobacco Smuggling
September 7, 2014
Abimbola Akosile examines the tobacco industry in Nigeria, with focus on illicit trade and illegal smuggling of products and...
Learn MoreConsumers warned about counterfeit clothes and scam websites
September 5, 2014
The internet has a new wave of scam websites causing misery for Irish consumers selling poorly made counterfeit goods that are...
Learn MoreFake 99p iPhone chargers ‘putting lives at risk
September 5, 2014
Britons buying dangerous counterfeit iPhone chargers for as little as 99p are risking electrocution or burns, warns London Fire...
Learn MoreRare Wine Dealer Sentenced in Counterfeiting Scheme
September 5, 2014
“The same old wine in a brand new bottle” is a phrase that aptly describes how fraudsters deceive the public in ever-changing...
Learn MorePolice seize counterfeit goods worth £1m in North Manchester raids
September 4, 2014
Police have seized over £1 million worth of counterfeit goods – including badly-spelled designer brands.Officers raided...
Learn More£10 million worth of fake cosmetics seized at Channel Tunnel
September 4, 2014
Border Force officers at the Channel Tunnel entrance in France have seized around 578 boxes of counterfeit cosmetic gift sets...
Learn MoreLVMH, Google unite against fake online luxury goods
September 4, 2014
PARIS: French luxury products group LVMH and Internet search engine Google have agreed to work together to fight the sale of...
Learn MorePhilippines wages war on crooked customs agents
September 3, 2014
MANILA, September 3, 2014 (AFP) – Standing near mountains of goods destined to be smuggled through the Philippines’...
Learn MoreBrief: UK shopkeeper jailed for selling fake washing powder
September 3, 2014
Washing powderA UK man has been sent to prison for 18 months after being found guilty of selling counterfeit washing powder,...
Learn MoreEuropean operation smashes fake medicines ring
September 2, 2014
Eurojust and Europol logosPolice from several European countries have seized millions of fake medicines, mainly erectile...
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