“Fake It Til You Make It” Just Got a Lot Harder
March 27, 2014
The streets of N.Y.C.’s Chinatown are wet with tears as U.S. Border Patrol officers seize a record $1.7 billion of fake...
Learn MoreCounterfeiting: bad medicine – International Report
March 26, 2014
Two different news reports recently presented two very different sides of the counterfeiting story. CNN recently did a piece...
Learn MoreTobacco Firms Step Up Fight Against Cigarette Smuggling
March 25, 2014
Labs Examine Fake Smokes; Critics Say Industry Turns Blind Eye to Smuggling of Real Cigarettes
SOUTHAMPTON, England—At a network...
Learn MoreIndia Ranks Third for Counterfeit Goods Seized In US: Report
March 25, 2014
WASHINGTON: China remains the primary source for counterfeit and pirated goods seized in the United States, an official report...
Learn MoreNigeria: Investigation – How Multibillion Naira Illicit Tobacco Trade Thrives
March 21, 2014
Officials say fake cigarettes are huge public problems to Nigeria, heightening the existing public health concern posed by...
Learn MoreAmazon, Dangdang pull plug on fake stores
March 21, 2014
E-commerce companies Amazon and Dangdang said yesterday they have shut down several online retailers accused of selling...
Learn MoreKPDNKK to take stern action against F1 counterfeit goods trader and dealers
March 21, 2014
PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) ministry will take stern action against traders and dealers...
Learn MoreGreaves Cotton in effort to curb fake auto parts
March 21, 2014
Greaves Cotton Limited, a manufacturer of diesel auto engines, has embarked on an initiative to curb the growing sale of spurious...
Learn MoreAmazon China Unit Closes Vendor After Report of Fake Cosmetics
March 20, 2014
The China unit of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN:US), the world’s largest e-commerce company, closed a third-party online store after...
Learn MoreSmuggled Cigarettes In Mexico
March 20, 2014
We’ve reported extensively on the fierce jostling for supremacy in Belize’s export cigarette market. It is a huge...
Learn MoreFake phone accessories of popular brand seized
March 18, 2014
Coimbatore: Video Piracy Cell has seized fake phone accessories and products, being stored and sold under a popular brand, worth...
Learn MoreFive Sandwell men arrested in £120m tobacco smuggling investigation
March 14, 2014
Five men from Sandwell have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected £120m tobacco smuggling fraud.
Early...
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