Security Documents & IT

• Conference considers COVID impact on fraud patterns

  13-Apr-21 - Criminals are shifting away from cash to online bank transfers and turning to social media to trade in illegal goods.

• Russia boosts penalties for falsifying product barcodes

  30-Mar-21 - Introduces liability for falsification of the barcodes on goods, with penalties including fines and imprisonment.

• Spectra Systems shrugs off pandemic with revenue gain

  29-Mar-21 - Company says its authentications business accounted for the bulk of revenues at just over $13m in 2020.

• Sheepskin parchment ‘used to detect early document fraud’

  25-Mar-21 - High fat content of the parchment served as a rudimentary tamper-evident feature, say researchers.

• Fake COVID-19 vaccination certs sold on Telegram

  19-Mar-21 - Russians are reportedly using the messaging app to buy and sell counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

• Coffee grounds yield covert anti-counterfeit marker

  15-Mar-21 - Scientists have come up with a way to make anticounterfeit material from an unlikely source – used coffee grounds.

• Magnetic 'nanomaterial has anti-counterfeit uses'

  11-Mar-21 - Iron-cobalt-nickel nanocomposite could have applications in protecting currency from counterfeiting.

• UK government’s freeports plan raises illicit trade fears

  10-Mar-21 - Decision to set up eight free trade zones is at odds with the EU, which is cracking down on the sector.

• Shopify store sells fake COVID vaccine certs for $20

  03-Mar-21 - Scam site passed off fake certificates as legitimate cards issued by the CDC, says cybersecurity firm DomainTools.

• Calls grow for COVID vaccination ‘passport’ in Europe

  26-Feb-21 - EU sets a three-month timeline to develop an interoperable platform, which must be made secure from falsification.

• Covectra debuts new version of StellaGuard smart label

  24-Feb-21 - Updated version of the trace and trace and authentication label has improved its features, speed and efficiency, it says.

• How US lawmakers can keep supply chains secure from counterfeits

  19-Feb-21 - Legislation introduced in the US would help keep counterfeit merchandise off of third-party marketplaces, says BSAC.

• Lottery group Sinopharm Tech buys stake in anti-counterfeit firm

  18-Feb-21 - 25 per cent share in Shenzhen Ficus Tech gives Sinopharm access to security technologies for its lottery tickets.

• US men get jail time for counterfeiting IDs

  14-Feb-21 - Two Texas men have been sentenced to prison for their part in a conspiracy to produce and transfer faked IDs.

• HID Global buys UK mobile RFID firm, expands Irish unit

  09-Feb-21 - TSL adds a range of rugged, handheld RFID readers to HID Global's range of tags and Internet of Things devices.

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