Tobacco Smuggling: Bill To Recover 80% Of Revenue Losses
January 24, 2013
The Government onWednesday estimated that it will recover 80 per cent, or $20 million, of the revenues it loses annually to...
Learn MoreRomania Turns up Heat on Cigarette Smuggling
January 23, 2013
Armed with state-of-the-art sensors and surveillance cameras, authorities in Romania say they are gaining the upper hand against...
Learn MoreBulgarian customs seize large amount of fake perfumes
January 22, 2013
Bulgarian customs officers seized large amount of fake perfumes from ‘suitcase traders’ at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint, the...
Learn MoreImport duty hike to up gold smuggling
January 22, 2013
CHENNAI: An increase in the import duty on gold, the third in less than a year, is expected to lead to a rise in smuggling of the...
Learn MorePiracy Taking Big Bite out of Books in Spain?
January 22, 2013
Ebook piracy resulted in €350 million ($467.1 million) in lost revenue for the €3 billion Spanish publishing industry in 2012...
Learn MoreMan arrested for smuggling counterfeit cigarettes in NW
January 20, 2013
North West Police have arrested a Namibian national on charges of smuggling counterfeit cigarettes. Police spokesperson Brigadier...
Learn MoreTraders get Supreme Court notice on imported Samsung goods
January 19, 2013
The Supreme Court has issued notices on a complaint filed by South Korea’s Samsung Electronics against the sale of imported...
Learn More100 pumps with fake ISI mark seized
January 18, 2013
As many as 100 pumps were seized from a pump company at Peelamedu by Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) officials in Coimbatore on...
Learn MoreInduscreed denies manufacture, supply of sub standard drugs
January 17, 2013
Accused of manufacturing and supplying sub standard drugs to hospitals and medical units in the State, Induscreed Pharmaceuticals...
Learn MoreFake Alcohol Floods Kigali Market
January 17, 2013
VENTURES AFRICA – Counterfeit alcohol has flooded the market in Gitega, Kigali, threatening other genuine brands and people’s...
Learn MoreSandhills store sold counterfeit Coach, Prada, Kate Spade purses
January 15, 2013
Dig deep enough into the Kate Spade website, and you’ll pull out a warning about knock-offs:“Authentic Kate Spade products are...
Learn MoreAfter 14-yr slumber, DCGI wakes up to side effects of ‘wonder drug’
January 15, 2013
Fourteen years after giving it the go ahead, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has finally woken up to the need to...
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