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• India sees ‘alarming’ 24 per cent rise in counterfeit incidents

  31-Jul-20 - The upward trend calls for immediate action, says the Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA).

• JTI unveils online tool in UK to help tackle illicit tobacco

  30-Jul-20 - Japan Tobacco International unveils a search function in the UK to allow retailers to check illicit trade levels in their area.

• Fake tobacco, drug criminal gets longer sentence

  27-Jul-20 - Daniel Dobbs escaped custody in 2018 only to be apprehended in Spain earlier this year in an illicit tobacco op.

• US bill would require ID for “high-volume” online sellers

  27-Jul-20 - The INFORM Act is intended to fight the sale of counterfeit, stolen and hazardous goods online.

• UK body unveils draft guidance on trademark offence sentencing

  08-Jul-20 - Guidelines cover individuals and organisations involved in the possession or sale of counterfeit goods.

• Illicit cigarette use declines in EU but production rises, says KPMG

  26-Jun-20 - Use of illicit cigarettes fell below 8 per cent of total cigarette use in the EU last year, but still represented nearly 39bn smokes.

• Europol targets organised crime with dedicated financial unit

  09-Jun-20 - Europol launches 65-strong financial and economic crime unit to disrupt money flows in organised crime networks.

• De La Rue surges on strong start to year, COVID-19 contract

  01-Jun-20 - De La Rue says it has made a strong start to the year with new contracts, including a global deal to protect a COVID-19 diagnostic.
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  Fighting fakes during the COVID-19 crisis

  29-May-20 - The rise in e-commerce as a result of coronavirus crisis 'demands greater use of security features to combat fakes'.

• Man detained after 10m illicit cigarette seizure in Australia

  28-May-20 - A Sydney man has been arrested in Australia in connection with the seizure of almost 10m smuggled cigarettes.

• Sumitomo patents near infrared anti-counterfeit ink

  27-May-20 - Sumitomo Metal Mining has been granted a US patent for a security ink based on near infrared (NIR) absorbing particles.

• Last call for tobacco track-and-trace compliance in EU

  19-May-20 - From midnight, retailers in the EU will be unable to sell any packs of cigarettes that don’t comply with track-and-trace regs.

• Anti-counterfeit ink tech bags Australian government funding

  12-May-20 - Researchers at Macquarie University in Australia have been awarded funding for their work on a 4D security ink.

• WHO postpones key tobacco control meetings until 2021

  01-May-20 - Pandemic forces the UN agency to set it meetings on its Illicit Trade Protocol and tobacco control by a year.

• Growing cargo mountain due to coronavirus a security risk

  30-Apr-20 - Disruption to global supply chains caused by COVID-19 has resulted in a massive increased in stored goods that is vulnerable to theft.

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