Electronics & Industrial

• 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.

• 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.

• 1m fake Viagra pills, designer goods seized in Los Angeles

  18-Dec-20 - $32m haul arrived in three containers from Chna and also included fake designer wear, car emblems and headphones.

• Top e-commerce sites escape inclusion on EC’s piracy watch list

  17-Dec-20 - Commission says Alibaba, Amazon and eBay seem to have a problem with fakes, but have tried to tackle the issue.

• Fake cosmetics head Europol-led op shuttering 21,910 websites

  30-Nov-20 - Counterfeit items worth an estimated €2.5m ($3m) were seized, with perfume and cosmetics prominent.

• Italy seizes counterfeit bearings from China

  27-Nov-20 - Italian authorities have intercepted 370kg of fake bearings from China that could be hazardous if installed into machinery.

• Surge in fakes on social media ahead of Black Friday

  20-Nov-20 - ACG says lockdowns could make exposure to counterfeit goods more acute this year as people shop more online.

• Fake Black Rhino wheels intercepted in Philippines

  10-Nov-20 - Wheels are of a "deeply inferior quality and are incapable of carrying the loads for which they are supposedly...rated for."

• VistalWorks gets UK funding for illicit refrigerant project

  10-Nov-20 - Glasgow-based start-up is already using its platform to help consumers spot counterfeits when shopping online.

• Demand for sand is rising, and illicit traders are moving in

  05-Nov-20 - Fingerprinting may be able to identify the source of aggregates used in concrete taken from a completed construction project.

• Stainless steel made with built-in anti-counterfeiting

  20-Oct-20 - Researchers in Germany say they have developed a method of protecting technical-grade steel from counterfeiting.
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• Apple sues recycling centre for product diversion

  06-Oct-20 - Apple takes Canadian company to court, claiming it resold more than 117,000 devices that were supposed to be recycled.

• EMEA cargo thefts spike in the first half of 2020

  05-Oct-20 - Over €85m of goods were stolen from air, road, sea and rail supply chains in 3,278 cargo theft incidents.

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