Security Documents & IT

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  De La Rue authentication closes on £100m in sales this year

  Authentication sales rise 28 per cent to £44m in H1, boosted by tax stamp contracts and new brand protection contracts.

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  Digimarc bolsters product ID business with Evrything buy

  The combined company will focus on areas like anti-counterfeiting, online brand protection, and recycling.

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  Fedrigoni completes security business sale to Portals

  Deal covers security features such as security threads and foils produced at a facility in Bollate, Italy.

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  Facebook, Insta and Telegram big soure of illegal vaccine cards

  Report finds the companies behind the sites do not remove posts peddling the cards even when alerted to their existence.

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  YPB launches first commercial document security tech

  MultiSec Shield is an extension of YPB's MotifMicro technology, which made its debut in the US sneaker market earlier this year.

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  Spanish police take down counterfeit passport ring

  Thousands of fake passports and IDs seized, including items with high-quality security features such as UV holograms.

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