Tobacco smuggling in Gibraltar ‘cost EU €700M’
The €700-million figure is contained in a confidential new report by the EU’s anti-fraud agency Olaf, cited by...
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Fake parts reporting: FAR extends comment deadline
The US government has extending the comment deadline on its proposals to require contractors to report non-conforming components...
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Procter & Gamble patents counterfeit detection kit
P&G_logo_squareConsumer product giant Procter & Gamble has been awarded a US patent on a chemical test kit that could be...
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China takes down ring peddling fake Dow sealants
Silicone sealantChina has made a string of arrests in a counterfeiting crackdown that has broken a ring selling fake Dow Corning...
Learn MoreIllegal cigarette plea as dodgy tobacco found on the streets
Pictures of illicit cigarettes potentially for sale on Lancashire’s streets have been released in a bid to bring dodgy traders to...
Learn MoreOrganized crime smuggling tobacco into NJ
Cigarettes are being bought in huge quantities in states like Virginia, where the tobacco tax is very low, and then shipped up...
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Alfano praises anti-counterfeiting police raid in Naples
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Wednesday praised an operation in which police seized as many as 120,000 fake items from...
Learn MoreChina Product Counterfeiting: Using UDRP To Shut Down The Website
Our law firm has in the last year had probably twice as many counterfeit matters as in any prior year. Not sure if this is...
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Warning issued over smoke detector bearing counterfeit UL mark
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
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
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
San Cristobal: Venezuela closed its border with Colombia Monday night to crack down on smuggling of cut-rate gasoline and other...
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