Security Documents & IT

• CBP seizes thousands of fake COVID-19 jab cards in Alaska

  24-Aug-21 - The cards have low quality printing, but are intended to closely resemble authentic CDC vaccination certificates.

• New role for holograms in Asia vaccination card programme

  20-Aug-21 - IHMA chair Dr Paul Dunn looks at a new project in Asia to secure the authentication of vaccination cards.

• Fake NHS COVID jab certificates 'on sale via messaging app'

  17-Aug-21 - Multiple Telegram groups, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, are offering fake certificates for sale.

• Nanotech Security agrees $73m takeover by Meta Materials

  09-Aug-21 - Deal brings together two Canadian companies with complementary technologies in nanostructured functional films.

• Authentication startup Ennoventure raises $5m

  18-Jul-21 - US-Indian startup provides technology that can be used to track and trace as well as to authenticate products.

• OECD says fakes make up 2.5 per cent of global trade

  27-Jun-21 - Update to the highly cited figures show that the trade in counterfeit/pirated goods "has remained significant."

• One in 10 EU consumers bought fakes in 2020; report

  20-Jun-21 - Another third of Europeans wondered whether a product they had bought was original, according to the EUIPO study.

• What’s driving De La Rue's fast-growing authentication business?

  14-Jun-21 - We ask authentication division chief Andrew Clint about its current performance, future trends, and staying ahead of the counterfeiters.

• Authentication leads charge as De La Rue reports full-year figures

  26-May-21 - Division achieved a 5.1% increase in sales in 2020/21, buoyed by new contracts with a lifetime value of £195m.

• NY man admits making $1.2m from fake opioids, currency

  16-May-21 - Utica resident Albie Pagan (65) operated under the name Hook3d on various dark web marketplaces.

• DSS sells brand protection unit to Proof Authentication for $5m

  12-May-21 - Document Security Systems had sold its DSS Digital subsidiary to privately-held startup Proof Authentication.

• Fake polymer £20 notes spotted in Northern Ireland

  27-Apr-21 - The Bank of England notes are said to be good quality forgeries that could easily pass as genuine, say police.

• New chair at VerifyMe as Norman Gardner retires

  23-Apr-21 - Norman Gardner has stepped down as chair of VerifyMe, and will be replaced by GPX' Scott Greenberg.

• Fraud driving cargo thefts in Russia, says report

  15-Apr-21 - Number of incidents fell 35 per cent on 2019, with food and beverage once again the most targeted product category.

• De La Rue turnaround continues under Vacher

  13-Apr-21 - Security printing/authentication specialist says operating profit will come in at the top end of its £36m-£37m forecast.

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