Non-duty paid tobacco brands flood market
November 19, 2013
KARACHI: In the year 2012, 66.5 billion cigarettes consumed in 11 Asian countries were illicit. With 86.3 percent, the domestic...
Learn MoreThe Growing Threat of Contraband Tobacco
November 14, 2013
In New York, a handful of federal and state officials are fighting a tough battle against illegal cigarettes.
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Learn MoreFarmers want seized smuggled rice to be donated to ‘Yolanda’ victims now
November 14, 2013
The leader of a farmers and irrigators’ coalition Sinag called on the government to donate all the smuggled rice to the Yolanda...
Learn MoreIllicit tobacco fight’s weak link
November 9, 2013
Just off the main drag of the St. Regis Mohawk Indian reservation hugging the Canadian border, a woman greeted visitors at...
Learn MoreMedia should raise awareness of counterfeit, fake products
November 7, 2013
ISLAMABAD,Sept 11: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervez Rasheed on Wednesday said media had not played its...
Learn MoreBillion Dollar Baby: Contraband Tobacco’s Price Tag in Australia
November 6, 2013
A new report finds that sales of illegal tobacco has come with a high cost to the Australian government.
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Learn MoreTiffany wins $2.2m damages against online counterfeiters
November 5, 2013
Jewelry company Tiffany & Co has won $2.2m in damages and a permanent injunction against 78 websites selling counterfeit...
Learn MoreShare of counterfeit alcohol market in Kazakhstan reaches 50%
November 4, 2013
The share of counterfeit alcohol market reaches 50% in Kazakhstan, Director of the Expert Institute of European Law and Human...
Learn MoreCoalition says youth are target of contraband tobacco
November 4, 2013
The seizure of $14,000 worth of illegal cigarettes last week in Pictou County has caught the attention of the National Coalition...
Learn MoreIllicit tobacco funding gangs and increasing use
November 3, 2013
ILLEGAL tobacco is booming across Australia, funding international criminal gangs, and costing taxpayers more than $1 billion...
Learn MoreMajor tobacco bust in Abercrombie
October 31, 2013
NEW GLASGOW – A 41-year-old man Pictou County man has been charged under the Excise Tax Act in relation to one of the...
Learn MoreCounterfeiting a Major Problem in Cameroon
October 31, 2013
YAOUNDE — The government of Cameroon said international trade in counterfeit and pirated products cost the west African country...
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