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• RLX seized millions of fake vapes last year

  19-Aug-24 - The 2023 crackdown netted 60m fake cartridges and 77,000 e-cigarette devices, according to CEO Kate Wang.

• Elfbar clamps down on fake e-cigarettes in South Africa

  14-Aug-24 - Thousands of knock-off products were seized in an operation focused on Johannesburg and Cape Town.

• Seals to deter cargo theft are being ignored, says insurer

  13-Aug-24 - Seals – however basic – can play a central role in identifying location, method and often perpetrators of cargo theft.

• UK markets join forces on refreshed anti-fakes campaign

  07-Aug-24 - Markets across the UK are taking part in a re-launched Real Deal campaign to protect businesses, customers from harm.

• Rolling paper firm wins more damages in fakes crackdown

  04-Aug-24 - The latest award is for $1.2m and has been imposed on Samad Lakhani and his distribution company ZCell.

• Viewpoint: How is AI used to commit chargeback fraud?

  02-Aug-24 - Roger Alexander explains how merchants can mitigate the impact of AI-powered fraud and avoid disaster.

• Scientists make 'programmable' luminescent markers

  31-Jul-24 - They continue to glow after a UV light is removed and can be programmed to fade in stages, making them hard to forge.

• De La Rue's future in doubt as loan payment deadline looms

  25-Jul-24 - All will hinge on the sale of at least one of its authentication and currency businesses, with negotiations ongoing.

• Authentix buys Nanotech Security assets from Meta Materials

  25-Jul-24 - Authentication tech specialist Nanotech Security Corp was sold to Meta Materials for $73 million just three years ago.

• CargoNet says US cargo thefts dip after record Q1 levels

  12-Jul-24 - There were recorded 771 theft incidents in the period, a 33 per cent increase on the same period of 2023.

• US Senate passes anti-counterfeit awareness resolution

  10-Jul-24 - July should be denoted as National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness Month, says text.

• Italian study shows impact of counterfeiting on companies

  26-Jun-24 - Smaller, low-tech companies are found to be most at risk of going out of business due to counterfeiting.

• Amazon files legal action against fake good facilitators

  19-Jun-24 - Lawsuits claim defendants used illicit schemes to counteract processes designed to prevent the listing of counterfeits.

• Fingerprinting tech can detect illicit cigarettes

  07-Jun-24 - Variations in stable isotopes could serve as a screening tool for authenticating tobacco products, say researchers.

• De La Rue confirms takeover talks ongoing

  30-May-24 - Could De La Rue’s 200-year position as a UK commercial institution be coming to an end?

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