Gucci wins $144 million in US counterfeit trial
October 17, 2013
New York City — Gucci on Thursday welcomed a US court’s decision to award the global fashion empire $144.2 million in...
Learn MoreCounterfeit goods worth N$12m seized
October 17, 2013
WINDHOEK – A two-day Interpol operation that combed through Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Malawi and Zambia seized counterfeit...
Learn MorePolice hunt for men who stole cigarettes from Preston tobacco shop
October 16, 2013
POLICE are searching for seven men who broke into a Melbourne shopping centre and stole a large amount of cigarettes....
Learn More
Brothers jailed for smuggling contraband shisha tobacco
October 14, 2013
Two brothers were jailed at the Old Bailey this afternoon after customs officers mounted their biggest ever investigation into...
Learn MoreGenetically Modified Tobacco Plants Are Viable for Producing Biofuels
October 14, 2013
In her PhD thesis Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and researcher at the...
Learn MoreColumn: Shake off that ‘fake’ addiction
October 12, 2013
In 2005, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimated that international trade in counterfeit and...
Learn More
Interpol seizes illicit drugs in African campaign
October 10, 2013
The largest Interpol operation to date against pharmaceutical crime across Southern Africa has resulted in the seizure of almost...
Learn More
Sniffing out fake perfume
October 8, 2013
Swiss scientists have developed an analytical ‘nose’ that can differentiate between genuine and fake perfume...
Learn More
Seizures of illegal cigarettes reach 15-year low
October 7, 2013
Hauls of cigarettes are smaller and better concealed as drugs gangs professionalise smuggling.
Seizures of counterfeit and...
Learn More
Police seize suspected counterfeit sunglasses
October 7, 2013
SUSPECTED counterfeit branded sunglasses have been seized by police in Winsford. Officers executed a warrant at Bakers Court on...
Learn MoreTanzania: Prosecute Windhoek Beer Smugglers, DPP Urged
October 5, 2013
MABIBO Beer Wine and Spirit Limited have asked the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to prosecute all the people who have...
Learn More
Oct 04 – RGP Smuggling Operation Seizes 15000 Cigarettes
October 4, 2013
As a result of an on-going surveillance operation the RGP arrested, on Thursday 3 October 2013 at the Queensway Car Park, seven...
Learn More