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  How physical brand investigation methods are evolving

  09-May-22 - Don't overlook brick-and-mortar retailers when planning your brand protection programme, advises ApiraSol's Axel Hein.

• Illicit tobacco plant may have exploited Ukrainian refugees

  19-Apr-22 - Italian police seized 82 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes and packaging mimicking several top brands.

• Chinese vape producer RLX says new regs could curb fakes

  04-Apr-22 - Requirements to register businesses and products could make it harder for fraudsters to operate, says CEO Kate Wang.

• Counterfeit cigarette gang dismantled in France

  01-Apr-22 - 11 arrests were made, and more than 2.5 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes were seized, worth about €1.25m.

• Illegal cigarette factory shut down in Belgium

  18-Mar-22 - The operation led to the arrests of 14 people suspected of supplying illegal cigarettes to the black market in France and the UK.

• Counterfeit goods 'increasingly being made in the EU'

  15-Mar-22 - Frequent seizure of fake packaging materials and semi-finished products points to the presence of EU manufacturing.

• New Geek Bar packaging aims to tackle counterfeit vapes

  02-Mar-22 - Geekvape launches new packs in the UK and other markets to help combat counterfeits of its Geek Bar vapes.

• US notorious markets list adds AliExpress, WeChat

  21-Feb-22 - 2021 list identifies 42 online and 35 physical markets that allow "substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy."

• De La Rue bags another tax stamp contract in Middle East

  04-Feb-22 - Five-year contract with Oman will see company set up a tax stamp scheme for excisable goods including tobacco products.

• UK government lays out anti-IP crime strategy

  04-Feb-22 - Plans include the establishment of a national centre of excellence for gathering and analysing intelligence on IP infringement.

• Fake cigarettes production line shut down in Slovenia

  30-Jan-22 - Over 26 tonnes of tobacco were seized along with 29 million filters, manufacturing machines and 10 tonnes of printed papers.

• De La Rue's turnaround plan suffers a setback

  27-Jan-22 - Company has been squeezed by manufacturing staff absences due to COVID-19, supply chain disruption and rising costs.

• Ecuador 'risks undermining traceability system', says ITSA

  24-Jan-22 - Body claims decision to allow tobacco, alcohol producers to hire traceability providers of their choice could hit tax revenues.

• YPB gets Chinese patent for anti-fake technology

  20-Dec-21 - The award extends YPB's IP for MotifMicro, its smartphone-readable anti-counterfeit technology.

• Illicit trade driving demand for child, forced labour

  10-Dec-21 - Problem is "vastly overlooked" and "one of the worst consequences" of illicit trade, according to TRACIT report.

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