Tobacco Products

Hong Kong, Singapore and UAE main hubs for fake trade

Unsurprisingly, China is the main source of counterfeit goods, and they often transit via Hong Kong, Singapore and UAE.

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  Seen and heard: Counterfeiting news in brief

  Fuel adulteration in Pakistan, knock-off Damien Hirst, Philippines counterfeit mega-factory and fake car parts in India.

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  FICCI calls on India's govt to label illicit trade a national threat

  Counterfeiting and smuggling has escalated in scope and magnitude' with illicit tobacco heading revenue losses.

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  Seen and heard: counterfeiting news in brief

  Fake tobacco in Russia, a cosmetics seizure, adulterated spices and the risk of fake drugs in clinical trials.

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  EC reports suggests illicit tobacco market share is growing

  Seizures of illicit tobacco in the EU has risen by a fifth over the past two years, suggesting the black market is growing.

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  'Nation-wide menace' of counterfeiting crippling India

  The Indian government is losing around $6bn a year in revenue from illicit counterfeit trade, says FICCI.

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  Tobacco industry's track and trace Codentify "seriously flawed"

  The tobacco industry's anti-counterfeiting track and trace technology is slammed by the global tax stamp trade body.