P500M worth of smuggled goods seized in Tondo raid
MANILA, Philippines—Police seized about P500 million worth of smuggled goods in a raid in Tondo, Manila on Friday, the Philippine...
Learn MoreHandbags, Legos among more than $500K in fake goods seized at Houston-Galveston seaport
Expensive handbags and children’s toys were among the hundreds of phony items from a shipment seized by U.S. Customs and...
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Hackers plead guilty in fake Xbox One scam
Five people have been charged with stealing code for Microsoft’s recently-introduced Xbox One console, as well as some of...
Learn MoreCanada’s combating counterfeit products legislation nears passage
On October 2, 2014, Bill C-8, the Combating Counterfeit Products Act, passed the House of Commons, and proceeded to a first...
Learn MoreCigarette Smuggling and Cyber Security: Low-Tech Crimes Fund High-Tech Threats
You may not connect the cheap cigarettes sold under the counter (or out of a trunk, bodega or by a street vendor) with the...
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Customs files smuggling raps vs Batangas rice importer
MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed on Thursday smuggling charges against a Batangas-based trader who allegedly...
Learn MoreRenewed clampdown against rice smuggling
AS part of measures to successfully tackle rice smuggling, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has acquired Armoured Personnel...
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Cross border co-operation hailed
Stormont’s Justice Minister David Ford and Dublin’s Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald joined PSNI...
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DOJ backs Senate bill on smuggling as economic sabotage
MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Justice (DOJ) has thrown its support behind a Senate bill that would redefine smuggling as...
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A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Begging
HONG KONG — When Apple’s latest iPhones went on sale this month in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York, among the hip urbanites and...
Learn MoreVietnam appeases Big Tobacco with toothless taxes
Vietnam’s latest bid to raise its tobacco taxes will do little to curb consumption because it fails to hit the...
Learn MoreRomanian seizes EUR 6 mln worth of smuggled cigarettes in eight months
Romanian customs workers seized almost 49 million smuggled cigarettes worth some EUR 6 million in the first eight months of this...
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