Counterfeiters are increasingly using international waterways to move fakes and siting production close to end markets.
Unit promises the "broadest range" of technologies for authentication, online protection, tax revenue and identity documents.
This year's list makes illuminating reading in the context of President Trump's tariffs and developing trade war.
The case further exposes the vulnerabilities of the QR code-based system that has been deployed in India since 2023.
Several hundred units of counterfeit Ozempic injection 1mg have been found in the US drug supply chain.
"It is not hard to project that more illicit and counterfeit products will enter this country as a result of...haphazard cuts."
The Dark Side of Imitation – Counterfeit Alcohol and the Fight for Safety
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has published a white paper on the scourge of counterfeit alcohol in response to a string of high-profile incidents that have claimed hundreds of lives.
The document details some of the most notorious incidents in recent years and explains how a brand protection standard (BPS) developed by TAPA Asia Pacific (TAPA APAC) can strengthen the supply chain against counterfeit goods by encouraging logistics companies to "design out" vulnerabilities. Read more