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June 30, 2014

TRADING standards seized more than £4,000 worth of illegal tobacco in a raid on shops around the town. Police joined officers...

June 30, 2014

Reports about hike in duty on tobacco products may not persuade many to give up smoking because of high prices as it is one of...

June 27, 2014

BANGALORE: Bangalore-based Bid & Hammer’s forthcoming auction has been assailed by what, perhaps, is the biggest...

June 26, 2014

A 56-year-old company director from Widnes has been arrested in connection with a suspected tobacco smuggling fraud worth an...

June 24, 2014

New KPMG Study for British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International ...

June 24, 2014

MANILA, Philippines – Four persons were charged before the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday for allegedly smuggling...

June 19, 2014

Tightness along the border between China and Vietnam has increased amid rumours that the Vietnamese government has started to...

June 18, 2014

Counterfeiting has undermined the reputation of premium Chinese liquor brands in recent years, but a new study suggests it may...

June 18, 2014

But experts say that incidence of reporting by companies is actually not high, which is compounding matters The market for...

June 17, 2014

Counterfeit products valued in millions of francs have been seized in the City of Kigali in an operation code named “wipe-out”...

June 16, 2014

Police arrested five fishermen and seized 300 kg tobacco products meant for smuggling to Sri Lanka in a clandestine boat valued...

June 15, 2014

Whether you know it or not, a day spent in Bangkok will almost certainly involve exposure to intellectual property rights...