Up In Smoke: Government Funding Vanishes, Smoking Rates Rise
After years of decline, smoking is on the rise in New York City. While pointing to reductions in state and city spending on...
Learn MorePackaging changes may see Limerick shop stub out fag trade
THE proprietor of Limerick’s only dedicated tobacco shop has revealed she might have to stop selling smoke and snuffs to stay in...
Learn MoreMore like FAKE-book: How nearly a quarter of fashion and luxury ads on the social media website hawk counterfeits
A new study has revealed that a quarter of ads for luxury goods shown on Facebook are selling counterfeit products. The study...
Learn MoreRevealed: the £2m illegal tobacco baron from Rochdale on Crimestopper’s Most Wanted list
The man behind a £2.2m cigarette smuggling operation has been revealed as one of 10 people from Manchester on the Crimestoppers...
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Russia bans meat imports from Montenegro on suspicion of smuggling from EU
Meat product deliveries from Montenegro have risen significantly lately, in volumes which the country could not produce by...
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P4B duties, 1M jobs lost due to pork meat smuggling—agri group
The SamahangIndustriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag), a leading agricultural group in the country, on Tuesday said the Philippine...
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Turkey Wastes $10B On Fake Products
The Brand Protection Group (MKG), which has a mission to fight illicit trade and forgery and increase awareness about trademark...
Learn MoreAnti-Counterfeiting Packaging Market – Global Market Size, Industry Analysis, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020
Anti-counterfeiting is a measure implemented to prevent illegal imitation or reproduction of a product or service. Counterfeiting...
Learn MoreMacadamia processors want Sh20m fine for nut smugglers
Macadamia processors are lobbying for an amendment of the Crops Act, to review the current maximum penalty of up to Sh5 million...
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Smuggling thrives in face of sanctions on Iran
The economic sanctions slapped by the United States and European Union on Iran over its alleged nuclear programme are leading to...
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BAT fined for oversupplying tobacco in low-tax European jurisdictions
£650,000 penalty from HMRC reflects growing concern that surplus is finding its way back to the UK illicitly. Big tobacco, long...
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Combating Counterfeit and Substandard ICT Devices
Counterfeiting is a negative activity that is affecting almost all areas of economies, incidentally it has become a menace in the...
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