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• UK anti-counterfeit firm sizes up an AIM listing

  20-Mar-25 - Quantum Base is hoping to raise up to £5m, with the cash earmarked for product development and new hires.

• Organised crime using legal businesses to sell fake goods

  18-Mar-25 - Criminal networks are using networks of seemingly legitimate and legal businesses to help sell counterfeit products in Europe.

• US lung health group calls again for tobacco traceability

  05-Feb-25 - The FDA has yet to act on a legislative mandate to implement a track-and-trace system, says American Lung Association.

• Cigar brand Habanos fights fakes with digital tech

  29-Jan-25 - Some of the Cuban company's premium cigars will now use NFC technology to allow smartphone verification.

• CBP plans rules on low-value shipments to curb fakes

  19-Jan-25 - The measures would strengthen oversight of 'de minimis' shipments, known to be a route for fake goods entering the US.

• USTR highlights fake pharma in Notorious Markets report

  08-Jan-25 - 2024 report lists 38 online and 33 physical markets accused of involvement in "substantial" counterfeiting and piracy.

• Merck's 'digital twin' traceability platform comes to fruition

  07-Jan-25 - M-Trust – which is now in beta test release mode – is described by the company as a "cyber-physical trust platform."

• Case reveals financial rewards of fake tobacco

  18-Dec-24 - A corner shop in Wales is thought to have made £1m in revenue from fake cigarettes and tobacco in less than three years.

• Latvian authorities dismantle massive illegal cigarette factory

  16-Dec-24 - The cigarettes would have led to a financial loss to the Latvian state of €75m if they had entered the market.

• José de la Mata Amaya named as Eurojust VP

  10-Dec-24 - de la Mata will take up office on December 18 for a four-year term, replacing current VP Boštjan Škrlec.

• 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.

• 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.

• Russia 'aiding Houthi Red Sea attacks;' report

  29-Oct-24 - Russia provided targeting data for the Houthis as they attacked ships with missiles and drones, it is claimed.

• EUIPO study reveals €2bn fake good seizures in EU

  25-Oct-24 - Europol-partnered report says that counterfeits are estimated to account for 5.8 per cent of EU trade.

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