Security Documents & IT

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  How physical brand investigation methods are evolving

  Don't overlook brick-and-mortar retailers when planning your brand protection programme, advises ApiraSol's Axel Hein.

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  Gold bar industry pilots blockchain anti-fraud system

  Distributed ledger system will be used to register and track billion bars, preventing the trade in counterfeits.

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  Warning about "over-stickered" fake £20 notes in UK

  The counterfeits seem to be made by placing a sticker with holograms that mimic the genuine article on prop money.

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  14 arrests in counterfeit euro op centred on Spain

  Nine house searches at properties in Tarragona, Barcelona and Málaga uncovered €25,000 in fake €50 notes.

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  Counterfeit goods 'increasingly being made in the EU'

  Frequent seizure of fake packaging materials and semi-finished products points to the presence of EU manufacturing.

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  Gang peddling fake documents on dark web busted

  The suspects disseminated fake documents to people smugglers operating across the EU, charging €8,000 or more per person.

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