Derby shopkeeper fined £4,000 for fake tobacco offences at Swadlincote store
August 6, 2015
A SHOPKEEPER from Derby has been fined £4,000 for possessing and selling fake tobacco. Dana Hamid, of Church Street, Littleover,...
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Illicit tobacco chain has devastating costs
August 6, 2015
With the recently reported court cases about Bradford being a hotspot for trading in illicit tobacco products (T&A, July 30)...
Learn MorePrison guard accused in tobacco smuggling, bribery scheme
August 6, 2015
A prison guard was indicted on bribery charges Wednesday for allegedly smuggling tobacco to inmates at a federal prison in...
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Illegal cigarettes worth €5,000 seized at Cork horse fair
August 6, 2015
A file is to be sent to the DPP following the seizure in Cork of illegal cigarettes with a street value of €5,000. Revenue...
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Stakeholders express worry over influx of fake products in Nigerian market
August 4, 2015
A renewed worry among stakeholders over the continuous existence and influx of fake products into the Nigerian market in the face...
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Raids Crack Down on Zig-Zag Counterfeiting
August 3, 2015
In June, on behalf of North Atlantic Operating Co. Inc. and National Tobacco Co. LP, Cantor Colburn attorney Thomas Mango and...
Learn MoreCounterfeiting – Damages, Responsibilities And Solutions
August 3, 2015
Diesel recently announced that they have won a lawsuit against Cosmos World after a battle of 16 years spent fighting against the...
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Banning e-cigarettes will lead to smuggling, warns consumer group
August 3, 2015
The majority of e-cigarette users, or vapers, would seek to buy their devices and liquids from other countries if their sales...
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Foreign Tobacco Producers to identify counterfeit cigarettes
August 3, 2015
Head of Zakarpattia regional state administration Hennadiy Moskal has asked Ukrainian and foreign tobacco producers to join the...
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Seizures of smuggled cigarettes
August 3, 2015
Illegal cigarettes comprise the largest share of the seized smuggled goods. Over 160 million pieces of them, estimated at EUR 19...
Learn MoreCounterfeiting: The Rising Threat to Electronics Manufacturers (and Enterprise Labeling as the First Line of Defense)
August 1, 2015
As a serious challenge to today’s global electronics supply chain, counterfeiting and gray market diversion of electronics...
Learn MoreAuthorities fear illicit tobacco trade is moving from Gloucester shops to ‘tab houses’ on estates
August 1, 2015
Fears have been raised that the war on illicit tobacco could soon take a sinister new twist after £20,000-worth of the stuff was...
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