Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

Macadamia processors want Sh20m fine for nut smugglers

November 17, 2014 by admin News 0 comments

Macadamia processors are lobbying for an amendment of the Crops Act, to review the current maximum penalty of up to Sh5 million in fines for smugglers caught trading in the product to Sh20 million. The push for the tougher rule surfaced during an intense inaugural stakeholder’s forum held in Mombasa over the weekend. According to the existing Crops Act, smugglers are liable to a maximum of three years imprisonment term and a maximum Sh5 million in fines.

 

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000141627/processors-want-sh20m-fine-for-nut-smugglers

Prev
Next

Related Posts

A2IM Warns of Counterfeit CDs Across Amazon.com
October 18, 2016

Attention music shoppers: Some of those random sellers atop the price search...

U agreements to fight cigarette smuggling
February 26, 2016

An idea regarding an upcoming European Parliament meeting. MEPs will quiz the...

Saudi Arabia seizes 40m packages of illegal cosmetic products
September 11, 2020

Dubai: Saudi drug enforcement officers seized more than 40 million packages of...

LVMH, Google unite against fake online luxury goods
September 4, 2014

PARIS: French luxury products group LVMH and Internet search engine Google have...