Tobacco tax up in smoke
July 8, 2014
Police are making headway in dismantling the illicit cigarette smuggling syndicates costing the country millions of rands in lost...
Learn MoreStronger cross-border cooperation to combat smuggling
July 8, 2014
Over 70 thousand counterfeit goods were seized during a major Joint Customs Operation (JCO) code-named “ERMIS”. The Operation...
Learn MoreArmed thieves in Brazil steal Samsung tablets, phones
July 8, 2014
Samsung phone in pocketBrazil suffered one the largest electronics thefts in its history over the weekend when armed robbers...
Learn MoreAmazon sued by retailer over counterfeit allegations
July 8, 2014
Amazon on iPad Amazon and Apple are facing a legal challenge from an electronics retailer accused of selling counterfeit goods....
Learn MoreCampaign to target illegal tobacco trade
July 7, 2014
Trade in illegal tobacco available at ‘pocket money prices’ is the target of a county-wide campaign. The East Sussex Tobacco...
Learn MoreMinistry moves to tackle smuggling
July 3, 2014
HA NOI (VNS) — Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on Tuesday urged the nation’s market watch forces to take...
Learn MoreSmuggling at the national level: Oil concern chief allegedly arrested
July 3, 2014
Igorr Zhilin, Head of the Belarusian State Group Company for Oil and Chemistry (Belnaftakhim), was arrested on July, 1 and placed...
Learn MoreCounterfeit clothing dealer jailed
July 2, 2014
A TRADER found with more than £70,000 of fake clothing has been jailed for ten months. Ivan Genis, 58, of Hendon Wood Lane,...
Learn MoreVietnam’s Tobacco Problem
July 2, 2014
Campaigners are beginning to tackle smoking in one of the world’s most tobacco-friendly countries.
In a small street-side...
Learn MoreKimberley police confiscate illicit tobacco
July 2, 2014
Police in Kimberley in the Northern Cape have raided 30 businesses, confiscating illicit tobacco with a street value of R50 000....
Learn MoreTackling cheap illegal tobacco roadshow comes to Swindon
July 1, 2014
Shoppers will be warned about the dangers of illegal tobacco and encouraged to report the issue, when a campaign roadshow rolls...
Learn MoreCigarette smuggling suspect pleads guilty
June 30, 2014
The No. 2 man in a multimillion-dollar cigarette smuggling operation based out of West Ocean City has pleaded guilty to...
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