Nicotine Products

• 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.

• FDA, CBP intercept $76m of illegal e-cigarettes

  23-Oct-24 - All of the vapes originated from China and some of them were direct counterfeits of brand-name e-cigarettes.

• De La Rue agrees authentication unit sale to Crane NXT

  15-Oct-24 - The takeover comes just a few months after Crane NXT completed the acquisition of OpSec for $270m.
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  New technology from Securikett enhances protection in online commerce

  03-Oct-24 - Cutting-edge security labels are designed specifically for online shipping, offering immediate detection of any tampering or unauthorized removal.

• European prosecutors take fight to organised crime networks

  27-Sep-24 - New European Judicial Organised Crime Network will deliver a coordinated and systematic cross-border approach.

• Waterpipe, vape firm GS Holistic continues anti-fake legal blitz

  26-Sep-24 - Firm has filed dozens of lawsuits since the start of the year as it tries to defend its premium products from copycats.

• 35bn illicit cigarettes were consumed in EU in 2023

  18-Sep-24 - The organised crime networks behind much of the trade are moving their operations closer to Western countries.

• Cannabis firm PUSH taps Laava for authentication

  18-Sep-24 - The disposable vape producer is using labelling technology to combat counterfeiting activity that has hit their bottom line.

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