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March 22, 2016

The rapidly growing tax burdens on alcohol and tobacco are fuelling mass smuggling in the UK, although efforts by tax authorities...

March 21, 2016

While fake consumer goods hit the headlines, products from all sectors of technology can be counterfeited with widespread...

March 21, 2016

I HAD to smile at the headline ‘Investigators smoking out smuggled tobacco’ March 26. I can only hope they have more...

March 21, 2016

Bulgarian tobacco company Bulgartabac said it would halt sales to the Middle East as of April 1, following media allegations its...

March 20, 2016

The security guards at the Sha’ar Ephraim crossing between Gaza and Israel, along with security guards from the Tax...

March 19, 2016

Lagos – A Nigerian court on Friday jailed 14 foreign sailors from Russia, Ukraine, Philippine and Japan between two and...

March 19, 2016

There’s a reason why you should be shopping online only from popular and trusted websites, or you might end up with a defective...

March 18, 2016

VICE presidential candidate Senator Francis Escudero has urged the government to protect local farmers and “fight the influx” of...

March 18, 2016

Stepped up U.N. sanctions against North Korea could put a crimp on an important source of foreign exchange for the secretive...

March 18, 2016

International standards body JEDEC has published JESD243, which addresses manufacturers’ responsibilities in the fight against...

March 18, 2016

More than 85,000 fake cigarettes – plus 40kg of illicit rolling tobacco – have been seized in Doncaster in less than a...

March 18, 2016

He used to be on the right side of the bars. Now a prison guard will experience life on the other side of lock and...