Global economy loses $6b annually to counterfeit mobile phones
February 9, 2014
While the global economy loses about $6 billion annually to the menace of counterfeit phones coming through the grey market,...
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Organ Smuggling: Turkish Hospitals Traffic Injured Syrian Citizens’ Organs
February 8, 2014
Were it not for the well-documented terrorism and atrocities that we know are being committed by Turkey’s Erdogan government in...
Learn MoreRussians Drank 10M Litres of Counterfeit Whiskey in 2013
February 8, 2014
Russian retailers sold 9.9 million litres of whiskey more than the country imported in 2013, according to official statistics...
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Fake-food scandal revealed as tests show third of products mislabelled
February 8, 2014
Consumers are being sold drinks with banned flame-retardant additives, pork in beef, and fake cheese, laboratory tests show...
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Fake mobile phones are a $6bn market, says MMF
February 7, 2014
The counterfeit mobile phone market is hard to quantify but could be as much as $6bn a year, according to a new report from the...
Learn MoreBoss dubbed ‘Loadsamoney’ faces going bust after his family were ordered to pay back £400,000 from their counterfeit clothing racket
February 7, 2014
The jailed drug-dealing boss of a clothing racket faces ruin after he and his family were ordered to pay back more than £400,000...
Learn MoreNew EU law clamps down on fake goods
February 7, 2014
A change in European law means that customs now have the right to seize and destroy fake goods bought from outside Europe. The...
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Jolly, tobacco front smokes public again
February 6, 2014
It is an open secret that tobacco firms deliberately aid cigarette smuggling, for instance, by manufacturing excess cigarettes to...
Learn MoreLee Cooper: Production is ‘counterfeit or unauthorised’
February 6, 2014
LeeCooper declined to be interviewed by Exposure and company executives rejected an offer to view the footage gathered during the...
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India’s carmakers launch campaign against fake parts
February 5, 2014
Counterfeit automotive components are a major scourge around the world, and India’s carmakers are mounting a public...
Learn MoreCounterfeit Cashmere Clothes Containing Rat Fur Exposed
February 5, 2014
If it looks like cashmere, and it feels like cashmere, it’s probably cashmere. Then again, it could also be rat fur. This...
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In brief: Yet more seizures in NFL fakes crackdown
February 5, 2014
Over the last week, federal agents in the US have seized $1.5m worth of counterfeit NFL merchandise at a DHL air cargo facility...
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