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• Shipping industry takes action on counterfeits

  05-Dec-16 - The shipping industry signs a declaration of intent to fight the transport of counterfeit goods by sea.

• 2016's Operation In Our Sites website cull widens

  30-Nov-16 - International enforcement agencies have taken down 4,500 domain names selling counterfeit goods.

• Goods tracking tech increasingly used to thwart cargo theft

  29-Nov-16 - The market for tracking technologies for cargo will grow by $2bn in the next five years to reach $5.6bn.

• Scotland organised crime crackdown warns of links with counterfeits

  08-Nov-16 - Almost £7m of fake cigarettes, clothing and cosmetics were seized last year in Scotland.

• Sentencing for illicit tobacco suitcase smuggler in UK

  24-Oct-16 - A British man is jailed after being caught caught smuggling more than a tonne of illicit tobacco in 35 suitcases.

• Counterfeit tobacco masterminds sentenced in UK

  18-Oct-16 - A UK couple who were involved with a fake tobacco production racket worth £1m a week have been sentenced.

• Cigarettes and toys head EU customs seizures last year

  28-Sep-16 - Customs authorities across the EU seized 5m more counterfeit items in 2015 than the previous year.

• Brazil, Venezuela and Germany head cargo theft league in 2015

  20-Sep-16 - Brazil topped the list of countries suffering from heightened cargo theft risks in 2015, says supply chain specialist BSI.

• IACC forges closer ties with Italian police

  19-Sep-16 - Anti-counterfeit industry group signs memorandum of understanding with Italy's Guardia di Finanza.

• US Senate makes July counterfeit awareness month

  24-Jul-16 - The US Senate passes a resolution declaring July the national anti-counterfeit awareness month.

• Industry body highlights role of technology in illicit trade fight

  26-May-16 - White papershows brand-owners how to harness tech to help fight counterfeit and otherwise illicit goods.

• Harvard team claims hologram technology advance

  23-May-16 - Researchers say they have developed a new hologram type that is more "efficient, complex and secure".

• UK unveils four-year strategy to tackle IP crime

  18-May-16 - The UK government has laid out a four-year strategic plan to tackle online intellectual property crime.

• Cargo thieves increasingly using 3D printing, says G4S

  16-May-16 - Security company G4S says criminals are using 3D-printed security devices to disguise cargo thefts.

• Authentication/security technology news in brief

  04-May-16 - A round-up of developments from Systech, AuthenticVision, eAgile, Nanotech Security Corp and EverCompliant.

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