Tobacco smuggling gobbles up sales tax revenue
January 21, 2014
That tobacco products are being smuggled into the country, evading the 100 percent sales tax, is evident from the decrease in...
Learn MorePalau Quarantine Officer To Serve Jail Time For Illegal Cigarette Smuggling
January 17, 2014
A quarantine officer from Palau national government is set to serve two years in jail for his involvement in an illegal cigarette...
Learn MorePoll on mind, Cabinet set to ratify sops
January 17, 2014
The Cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday seems to have a definite agenda. With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the...
Learn MoreMMEA foiled smuggling of cigarettes worth RM1m last year
January 15, 2014
PORT KLANG: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled the smuggling of 3,264,800 cigarettes last year. The haul,...
Learn MoreMan ordered to pay for smuggling tobacco
January 14, 2014
A Nottingham man has been sentenced for evading close to £21,000 in excise duty, after smuggling 100kg of hand-rolling tobacco...
Learn MoreUK spirits verification scheme comes into force
January 14, 2014
A new scheme to protect regional alcoholic specialties from counterfeit and substandard competition has been launched in the UK....
Learn More$100,000 in counterfeit clothing seized in raid on Fruit Belt market
January 14, 2014
Police raided a Fruit Belt food store Monday, thinking they would find illegal guns. They found some weapons, but police said...
Learn More‘Counterfeit: Don’t buy into organized crime’ – UNODC launches new outreach campaign on $250 billion a year counterfeit business
January 14, 2014
A new global campaign has been launched by UNODC to raise awareness among consumers of the $250 billion a year illicit...
Learn MoreMan Must Pay £21,000 After Smuggling 100kg Of Tobacco
January 14, 2014
A man has been ordered to pay back £21,000 after smuggling 100 kilos of tobacco into Portsmouth Ferry Port. 49 year old Paul...
Learn MoreIs Your Brand Prepared to Battle the Online Counterfeiters?
January 13, 2014
As we enter 2014, retailers can hang their hats on these two pegs: consumers will continue to flock to shop in digital channels...
Learn More4 arrested for cigarette smuggling
January 11, 2014
Customs officers have arrested four people and seized nearly four million illicit cigarettes worth $9.4 million, and with a duty...
Learn MoreKan. woman’s sentencing for selling counterfeit luxury goods at Wichita store set for March 10
January 10, 2014
WICHITA, Kansas — A Wichita woman will be sentenced March 10 in federal court for selling fake luxury goods at her shop. Glenda...
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