Cosmetics & Personal Care

• Supplement maker Hebe Life taps Eltronis for authentication tech

  18-Feb-21 - Security label on the company's products feature a QR code that can be scanned with a smartphone for verification.

• Erectile dysfunction supplement fraudster gets 46 months

  14-Feb-21 - Nam Hyun Lee made millions importing bulk drugs and selling them illegally in herbal supplements.

• VerifyMe raises $8.75m more for anti-counterfeit platform

  14-Feb-21 - New fundraising comes a few months after VerifyMe raised $10m and uplisted its shares to the Nasdaq.

• Homeland Security warns of massive fake 3M mask ring

  12-Feb-21 - Counterfeit 3M brnded N95 masks are suspected of being sold in at least five states, according to an AP report.

• Canada warns over hazardous illegal hand sanitisers

  08-Feb-21 - Sanitisers and hard surface disinfectants sold by by Protegel Quebec and Hangel Canada may contain harmful chemicals.

• Mumbai police make five arrests over fake cosmetics

  06-Feb-21 - Fakes imported from China were hard to ditinguish from the genuine brand, says local media report.

• 3M wins injunction against Florida firm in fake masks case

  21-Jan-21 - Nationwide Source Inc is accused of cashing in on the pandemic by selling counterfeit face masks at inflated prices.

• Singapore scientists develop AI-based anti-counterfeit tech

  19-Jan-21 - Durable tags resist damage by environmental conditions and sidestep bottlenecks seen with other approaches, they say.

• Gulf of Guinea a piracy hotspot, says IMB

  18-Jan-21 - The Gulf of Guinea saw a spike in piracy incidents in 2020, accounting for 95 per cent of crew kidnappings.

• US natural products body seeks greater FDA effort on fakes

  11-Jan-21 - The FDA should step up the use of its authority to issue import alerts for fraudulent products, says NPA.

• Fake surgical, designer facemasks seized by US customs

  09-Jan-21 - Shipments of counterfeit surgical and designer face masks are intercepted in another example of pandemic-driven illicit trade.

• Law to curb anonymous companies is enacted in US

  05-Jan-21 - The legislation is designed to end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies used to launder criminal profits.

• House overturns Trump’s veto on anonymous US firms bill

  29-Dec-20 - Corporate Transparency Act is part of annual defense spending bill, and is due for a Senate vote today.

• After resolving fakes spat, Gucci opens stores on Alibaba’s Tmall

  23-Dec-20 - Gucci will launch two stores on Alibaba’s Tmall in a further sign that their pror battle over counterfeiting is resolved.

• Truck drivers say new EU rules will raise cargo crime risk

  21-Dec-20 - The new measures will cause cargo crime to increase due to an increase in unattended vehicles, says survey.

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