Pair in court over counterfeit car goods
Standing side by side in the dock at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday, Stephen Anderson, 47, and his wife Elizabeth Helen...
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Lovely jubbly! Man trading as ‘Del Boy Pedro’ caught selling counterfeit goods
A man trading as ‘Del Boy Pedro’ on the internet has been caught selling counterfeit goods. Jonathon Nicholls, 24, admitted 13...
Learn MoreCorrections officer pleads guilty to smuggling pot, tobacco into prison
A corrections officer at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex pleaded guilty to smuggling tobacco and marijuana into the...
Learn MoreIllicit cigarette study is blowing smoke, says council on smoking and health
One out of three cigarettes smoked in Hong Kong last year was illicit, costing the government more than HK$3.2 billion in lost...
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Venezuela holds 13 and seizes tonnes of food in smuggling crackdown
Venezuela says it has arrested 13 people and seized 136 tonnes of food since it launched an anti-smuggling operation on its...
Learn MoreInterpol’s Michael Ellis: How counterfeiting is affecting all walks of life
Counterfeiters will fake anything that they can sell. Interpol has found everything from fake crash helmets that disintegrate...
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Black market in tobacco booming in the streets of Sydney, with cheap Asian imports flooding the streets
IT IS emerging as one of the most lucrative illegal trades on the streets of Sydney’s southwest, but it’s not drug dealing or car...
Learn MoreHK Customs responds on enforcement against illicit cigarettes
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Regarding a study on illicit tobacco in Hong Kong released today (September 9), the Customs and Excise...
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Alibaba Group signs anti-counterfeiting deal with CBBC
Alibaba Group has signed a deal with a British trade body that will help members of the UK organisation protect their IP across...
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Amazon not liable for copyright infringement, US court rules
A US court has rejected an appeal from the owner of sandybeachgifts.com, Sandy Routt, who claimed that online retailer Amazon is...
Learn MoreTrucker Caught with About $1.8M of Illegal Tobacco
MONTREAL, QC— A truck driver was arrested by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) after 15,330 kg of tobacco was found in his...
Learn MoreCurbing the Menace of Illicit Trade and Tobacco Smuggling
Abimbola Akosile examines the tobacco industry in Nigeria, with focus on illicit trade and illegal smuggling of products and...
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