News Archive

• New food fraud initiative kicks off in Europe

  27-Nov-24 - EFF-CoP project will bring together academics, regulators and the food industry to enhance food authenticity and traceability.

• US customs seize fake Gibson guitars

  27-Nov-24 - Around 3,000 instruments were intercepted and would have been worth around $18.7m if genuine, according to CBP.

• Detentions follow tainted alcohol deaths in Laos

  26-Nov-24 - It has been reported that the manager and seven staff at the hostel where the tourists stayed have been detained.

• Rolex wins key ruling in 'counterfeit' watch dispute

  25-Nov-24 - A federal court in Georgia has sided with Rolex in the dispute with Jewelry Unlimited and its owner Wafi Amin Lalani.

• French hospital suffers major data breach in cyberattack

  21-Nov-24 - Electronic health records from more than 750,000 people have been offered for sale via the Dark Web.

• OECD gauges impact of counterfeits on UK economy

  20-Nov-24 - In 2021, the value of fake and pirated goods imported into the UK amounted to £7.1bn, 1.5 per cent of the total.

• Sophisticated cigarette trafficking scheme busted in EU

  20-Nov-24 - 15 suspects were arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation, which seized €13m in tobacco and cigarettes.

• Counterfeit pilchards cause a stir in South Africa

  19-Nov-24 - Workers were discovered relabelling and packaging expired cans of canned fish by South African police.

• Michael Schmid elected new president of Eurojust

  13-Nov-24 - Schmid will take up office on November 15 for a four-year term, replacing current president Ladislav Hamran.

• Brand protection firm Ennoventure raises $8.9m

  12-Nov-24 - Cash injection will help the company expand its AI-powered authentication platform on the international stage.

• €200m fake art network busted with 38 indictments

  12-Nov-24 - Network of forgers in Spain, France and Belgium were planning to sell the artworks in Italian auction houses.

• Metabolomics detects copycat Provence rosé wines

  11-Nov-24 - Technique could be used to distinguish authentic wines from counterfeits with an accuracy of more than 93 per cent.

• Pet supplement brand YuMove warns fakes are on Amazon

  10-Nov-24 - Amazon is now recalling and refunding all purchases of YuMove branded products sold by third-party sellers.

• Volvo patents counterfeit battery detection tech

  07-Nov-24 - Fake batteries pose serious health and safety risks, damage the environment, and cost industry billions of dollars a year.

• Medtech firm InMode wins injunction over counterfeits

  07-Nov-24 - The lawsuit is targeting sellers of alleged counterfeits of the firm's Morpheus8 range of skin-tightening devices.

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