Warning issued over smoke detector bearing counterfeit UL mark
August 12, 2014
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) last week issued a warning regarding a Hochiki SLV-24N model smoke detector that has been...
Learn MoreRichard Marianos: Route 95 is the new Tobacco Road for cigarette smugglers
August 12, 2014
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and the General Assembly recently wrote a tough game plan to fight the explosion of tobacco...
Learn MoreVenezuela seals Colombian border to fight smuggling
August 12, 2014
Venezuela closed its border with Colombia Monday night to fight the smuggling of cut-rate gasoline and other products that has...
Learn MoreVenezuela seals border with Colombia to fight smuggling
August 12, 2014
San Cristobal: Venezuela closed its border with Colombia Monday night to crack down on smuggling of cut-rate gasoline and other...
Learn MoreNikon Warns About The Dangers of Counterfeit Batteries
August 12, 2014
Counterfeit batteries are a real issue to manufacturers, with anonymous third parties passing them off as the real thing....
Learn MoreEU calls for crackdown on tobacco smuggling between Spain and Gibraltar
August 11, 2014
The EU is calling on Spain and Gibraltar to crack down on tobacco smuggling across the border between the two countries, citing...
Learn MoreTobacco Smuggling in Greece: an Overview
August 11, 2014
Over the past decade, contraband tobacco sales and facilitation of transnational tobacco smuggling in Greece have flourished, due...
Learn MoreCombating counterfeiters could soon be as easy as breathing
August 9, 2014
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed an iridescent material that reveals hidden words or images in the right...
Learn MoreRaising federal cigarettes taxes won’t end smuggling between states
August 8, 2014
The Aug. 3 editorial “Closing a loophole” had its heart in the right place but missed the boat on suggesting implementable...
Learn MoreUPDATE 1-Former wine collector gets 10 years in prison for counterfeiting
August 8, 2014
An Indonesian man, once considered one of the world’s top wine collectors but who U.S. prosecutors later called a...
Learn MoreMother-of-two made £400,000 selling fake Mulberry bags at ‘handbag parties’ before spending cash on private school fees and holidays
August 7, 2014
A woman who made more than £400,000 selling fake designer handbags spent the money on school fees for her children and luxury...
Learn MoreReduction in Piracy Can Create More Jobs
August 6, 2014
BANGALORE: Taking advantage of lax laws governing piracy and smuggling, many people who deal in counterfeit items manage to...
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