The illegal tobacco trade and its links to organised crime will be the focus of a summit in Perth today. Retailers, police and health representatives will attend the one-day conference at the town’s concert hall.
Author Archives: Mark Whittlesea
Five charged over fake designer goods…
Five London men have been charged in connection with a global multi-million-pound designer goods counterfeiting ring, police have said..
Fake website ‘takes seconds’ to set up…
Some websites are so sophisticated they add counterfeit security certificates to fool shoppers, said David Holman, of First Cyber Security….
IP Crime Annual Report highlights IP crime hotspots…
The annual report 2009-2010 of the IP Crime Group has been published. It highlights the range and scale of counterfeit goods production and trading in the UK…
Internet opens door to ‘knock-off’ Britain…
Dodgy dealers are cleaning up in an £11billion industry fuelled by thrifty consumers who want the designer label more than quality goods…
‘Fake’ Togo football team at Bahrain match being investigated
Amazing…!
Togo’s football authorities are investigating allegations that a fake national team played a match against Bahrain earlier this month
RFID partnership aims to tackle medicine counterfeiting in Africa…
Radiofrequency identification (RFID) has yet to claim more than a toehold even in established pharmaceutical markets, but a partnership of technology companies is planning to make it part of the everyday supply chain in Africa…
Fake chips threaten military…
Interesting post on a growing deluge of millions of counterfeit chips is posing peril to the military and the general public…
Counterfeit car parts seized in south Armagh raid…
Officers found the substandard parts, including brake pads, at premises on the Concession Road in Cullaville…
Caught: fishing leaders in £15 million racket…
skippers have admitted making illegal landings worth almost £15 million in the biggest scam in the history of Scotland’s fishing industry. Investigation teams swooped on Fresh Catch in Peterhead and Shetland Catch in a co-ordinated operation involving Grampian Police, Northern Constabulary and the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA), the organisation responsible for the enforcement of fisheries regulations north of the Border.
