Nigeria Loses About N15bn Annually To Counterfeit Products – SON
An estimated N15 billion is lost annually to fake or counterfeit products in terms of tax revenue to the government, income to...
Learn MoreChanel files lawsuit against company allegedly infringing on its products
Chanel alleges it has lost thousands of dollars and its consumers’ trust after knock-off brands tried to sell identical products...
Learn MoreZimbabwe: Battery Firms Target 90 Percent Capacity
Battery manufacturers are targeting a manufacturing capacity of up to 90 percent by mid next year but lament the effect smuggled...
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Belarusian government agencies involved in smuggling apples to Russia
Russia’s agricultural watchdog Rosselkhhoznadzor revealed new smuggling schemes through Belarus.
Russia continues to...
Learn MoreChinese artists create counterfeit stock images of artists
Stock Photos are glorious things. Yes, they’re an important tool for sites such as our own, but they’re also, perhaps...
Learn MoreEast Africa: Philips to Launch Sms Platform to Curb Counterfeit Products
Philips is setting up an SMS platform in a week’s time that will help consumers with the authentication of the Philips...
Learn MoreHOMAI re-launched as ASPA, resolves to fight counterfeiting
Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HOMAI), which was founded in 1998 to represent holographic industry in India, has...
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TFWA workshop tackles the fight against counterfeit
The Tax Free World Association has joined forces with French manufacturers’ union Unifab to discuss the growing threat of...
Learn MoreBelarus welcomes Lithuania’s decision to tighten border controls
MINSK, 28 October (BelTA) – The State Border Committee of Belarus supports the decision of Lithuania to tighten controls on the...
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HMRC officers swoop on Edmonton cigarette smuggling handover
Two men have been sentenced for their part in a plot to smuggle almost 600,000 cigarettes, worth an estimated £160,000 into the...
Learn MoreTurkish citizen sentenced in St. Louis to 27 months in federal prison for cancer-drug fraud
ST. LOUIS — A Turkish citizen has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for smuggling counterfeit and adulterated cancer...
Learn More37 arrested this year for selling contraband cigarettes within HDB estates
There has been an increase in the number of offenders caught for storing contraband cigarettes in their flats and selling the...
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