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  New technology from Securikett enhances protection in online commerce

  03-Oct-24 - Cutting-edge security labels are designed specifically for online shipping, offering immediate detection of any tampering or unauthorized removal.

• European prosecutors take fight to organised crime networks

  27-Sep-24 - New European Judicial Organised Crime Network will deliver a coordinated and systematic cross-border approach.

• Waterpipe, vape firm GS Holistic continues anti-fake legal blitz

  26-Sep-24 - Firm has filed dozens of lawsuits since the start of the year as it tries to defend its premium products from copycats.

• 35bn illicit cigarettes were consumed in EU in 2023

  18-Sep-24 - The organised crime networks behind much of the trade are moving their operations closer to Western countries.

• Cannabis firm PUSH taps Laava for authentication

  18-Sep-24 - The disposable vape producer is using labelling technology to combat counterfeiting activity that has hit their bottom line.

• EMPACT arrests for IP crime top 1,000 in 2023

  11-Sep-24 - That marks a massive increase on the previous year, when there were 115 arrests, according to a new fact sheet.

• UK man sentenced for counterfeit tobacco offences

  10-Sep-24 - Yarech Kader was making around £300 a day selling fake cigarettes and rolling tobacco from a shop in Swansea.

• Vape firm Altria files patent on anti-counterfeit tech

  01-Sep-24 - Wireless communication system would identify if a cartridge plugged into an e-cigarette is a genuine Njoy product.

• RLX seized millions of fake vapes last year

  19-Aug-24 - The 2023 crackdown netted 60m fake cartridges and 77,000 e-cigarette devices, according to CEO Kate Wang.

• Elfbar clamps down on fake e-cigarettes in South Africa

  14-Aug-24 - Thousands of knock-off products were seized in an operation focused on Johannesburg and Cape Town.

• Seals to deter cargo theft are being ignored, says insurer

  13-Aug-24 - Seals – however basic – can play a central role in identifying location, method and often perpetrators of cargo theft.

• UK markets join forces on refreshed anti-fakes campaign

  07-Aug-24 - Markets across the UK are taking part in a re-launched Real Deal campaign to protect businesses, customers from harm.

• Rolling paper firm wins more damages in fakes crackdown

  04-Aug-24 - The latest award is for $1.2m and has been imposed on Samad Lakhani and his distribution company ZCell.

• Viewpoint: How is AI used to commit chargeback fraud?

  02-Aug-24 - Roger Alexander explains how merchants can mitigate the impact of AI-powered fraud and avoid disaster.

• Scientists make 'programmable' luminescent markers

  31-Jul-24 - They continue to glow after a UV light is removed and can be programmed to fade in stages, making them hard to forge.

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