News Archive

• Smurfit Westrock wins Irish contract for tobacco IDs

  11-Jul-25 - The company will provide between 110m and 150m codes to help Ireland comply with EU regulations on tobacco traceability.

• Trip to Italy could cost alleged counterfeiter dearly

  08-Jul-25 - A man on the run for years after being accused of involvement in a notorious counterfeiting case has been detained.

• Birkenstock files counterfeit complaint in India

  08-Jul-25 - Reports suggest four traders, four manufacturing units, and two unnamed individuals are named as defendants in the suit.

• Hong Kong op nets $9.1m in counterfeit goods

  04-Jul-25 - The operation focused on cross-boundary transshipments by sea cargo and local deliveries and netted 157,000 suspected fakes.

• Alert over 'potentially dangerous' fake Labubu dolls

  04-Jul-25 - Counterfeits seized in Scotland could be dangerous to children due to loose parts that may pose a choking hazard.

• Is your luxury handbag destroying the rainforest?

  02-Jul-25 - Earthsight claims fashion brands are buying leather for products like luxury bags that has links to illegal deforestation.

• Pandora, Amazon crack down on fake jewellery network

  01-Jul-25 - The case dates back to 2020, when Pandora became aware of customs seizures that pointed to two counterfeit sellers in China.

• Beef industry traceability pilot starts in Australia

  30-Jun-25 - The pilot will trial a digital framework designed to help beef producers track, verify, and share environmental credentials.

• Pharma distributor warned for DSCSA failings by FDA

  25-Jun-25 - A letter to Sterling Distributors says that the company did not identify and investigate a product later determined to be falsified.

• India's QR code programme: Part 3 - how to repair and reform

  24-Jun-25 - Can India repair the damage caused by the counterfeiting debacle that has plagued the domestic and export markets?

• China upholds guilty verdicts in fake Yamaha case

  24-Jun-25 - Two of the defendants appealed an initial judgment, but that has now been upheld and penalties finalised.

• What's behind a spike in illicit tobacco use in Europe?

  23-Jun-25 - Smokers in the EU consumed 38.9bn illicit cigarettes in 2024, a 10.8% increase on the prior year attributed to tax rises.

• Liberia turns to Kulinda for medicine traceability system

  17-Jun-25 - The programme will require mandatory participation by all importers starting in July, when it will be officially launched.

• As counterfeit lawsuit nears, StockX points to its track record

  16-Jun-25 - Resale platform says it rejected more than 370,000 products worth nearly $74m for not meeting verification standards.

• Fake tickets warning ahead of British Grand Prix

  11-Jun-25 - Police in the UK have advised against turning up at next month's British Grand Prix without a ticket, and to beware of counterfeits.

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