Billion Dollar Baby: Contraband Tobacco’s Price Tag in Australia
A new report finds that sales of illegal tobacco has come with a high cost to the Australian government.
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Jewelry company Tiffany & Co has won $2.2m in damages and a permanent injunction against 78 websites selling counterfeit...
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The share of counterfeit alcohol market reaches 50% in Kazakhstan, Director of the Expert Institute of European Law and Human...
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The seizure of $14,000 worth of illegal cigarettes last week in Pictou County has caught the attention of the National Coalition...
Learn MoreIllicit tobacco funding gangs and increasing use
ILLEGAL tobacco is booming across Australia, funding international criminal gangs, and costing taxpayers more than $1 billion...
Learn MoreMajor tobacco bust in Abercrombie
NEW GLASGOW – A 41-year-old man Pictou County man has been charged under the Excise Tax Act in relation to one of the...
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Counterfeiting a Major Problem in Cameroon
YAOUNDE — The government of Cameroon said international trade in counterfeit and pirated products cost the west African country...
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Nobody is immune to negative effect of contraband tobacco
As British Columbia completes its annual pre-budget consultation, the province would be wise to exercise extreme caution when it...
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Forest products smuggling rampant at border areas
Taking advantage of virtually non-existent administrative mechanism in the remote border areas rare and precious forest products...
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Five men arrested smuggling TVs, umbrellas from SA
Police detectives in Bulawayo on Tuesday impounded a South African-registered vehicle and arrested five men on charges of...
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Exploiting your supply chain: confessions of a counterfeiter
Lessons learned from someone who exploits the “not-so-best” practices of the pharmaceuticals supply chain. You don’t know me,...
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Seizures of cash linked to organised crime reach record high
Money linked to cigarette gangs accounts for half forfeiture orders in courts in 2013
The number of seizures of cash...
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