Ringleader of counterfeit goods outfit sentenced to 30 months in prison
A counterfeit goods ringleader has been sentenced to a total of two and a half years in prison for selling fake branded goods...
Learn MoreContraband cigarettes break 1-billion-pack mark in Vietnam
More than one billion packs of cigarette have been illicitly transported into Vietnam so far this year, the Market Surveillance...
Learn MoreDOF clears BIR use of tobacco tax stamps to arrest smuggling
The Department of Finance (DOF) has cleared the implementation of tax stamps on cigarettes in a bid to minimize smuggling. In a...
Learn MoreOECD Eyes Bitcoin, Tobacco Smuggling As Tax Crime Issues
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is focusing a sharper eye on how digital currencies like bitcoin can be...
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Police foil €1m counterfeit wine scam in Italy
Vineyard in TuscanyItalian police have smashed a counterfeiting ring, seizing thousands of litres of fake wine with an estimated...
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Fans educated on fake Rugby World Cup tickets
The organisers of the Rugby World Cup 2015 have launched a campaign to prevent fans from buying unofficial tickets and...
Learn MoreMen charged over organised crime
The pair, aged 31 and 32, are accused of blackmail and belonging to or professing to belong to a proscribed organisation.They are...
Learn MorePair in court over counterfeit car goods
Standing side by side in the dock at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday, Stephen Anderson, 47, and his wife Elizabeth Helen...
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Lovely jubbly! Man trading as ‘Del Boy Pedro’ caught selling counterfeit goods
A man trading as ‘Del Boy Pedro’ on the internet has been caught selling counterfeit goods. Jonathon Nicholls, 24, admitted 13...
Learn MoreCorrections officer pleads guilty to smuggling pot, tobacco into prison
A corrections officer at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex pleaded guilty to smuggling tobacco and marijuana into the...
Learn MoreIllicit cigarette study is blowing smoke, says council on smoking and health
One out of three cigarettes smoked in Hong Kong last year was illicit, costing the government more than HK$3.2 billion in lost...
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Venezuela holds 13 and seizes tonnes of food in smuggling crackdown
Venezuela says it has arrested 13 people and seized 136 tonnes of food since it launched an anti-smuggling operation on its...
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