RCMP has intercepted a container of 10 million contraband cigarettes on their way from China to Canada. The cigarettes has a street value of $4.9m. Seven men were arrested…
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How Peru Became the Counterfeit-Cash Capital of the World…
In the past two years, Peru has become the No. 1 distributor of counterfeit currency internationally, according to Kenneth Jenkins, a U.S. special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Criminal Investigative Division. “Approximately $33 million has been seized in Peru since 2009″…
Counterfeit Medicines: Health and Harm…
Counterfeiting has a long history. For most commodities it is simply the theft of brand owners’ intellectual property, a trademark violation. But fake medicines can also kill. Political wrangling over language, and confusion over how to deal with the public health and private property aspects of counterfeiting, is hampering international action…
Fake goods make £1.3 billion for criminals every year…
Serious and organised criminals are increasingly involved in the trading of counterfeit goods, the charity Crimestoppers has warned. SOCA has teamed up with Crimestoppers to promote the Fakes Fund Crime campaign and squash the myth that counterfeiting is a harmless enterprise. In reality it is often run by international, highly organised and extremely profitable crime networks which are also involved in weapons trafficking, prostitution, drug smuggling and people smuggling. A recent review suggested that the criminal gain from counterfeiting in the UK was worth £1.3 billion every year…
BAT considers legal action on packaging…
British American Tobacco is ready to take the Government to court over proposals to force companies to sell cigarettes in plain packages. The world’s second largest tobacco company said the idea, proposed by health secretary Andrew Lansley, would lead to a sharp rise in counterfeit packs being smuggled into the UK.
Men jailed after police op uncovers £1m in fake notes…
Four men have been jailed after counterfeit bank notes worth more than £1m were uncovered by police. Their sentences, handed down at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday, ranged from 12 years to five-and-a-half years.
400,000 counterfeit toys seized in Italy…
Almost 400,000 counterfeit children’s Christmas toys and decorations valued at two million euros has been seized here over the last 15 days, Italian police have said. The items arrived in Italy via three import businesses registered to three Chinese nationals…
Border officials seize millions of cigarettes…
Border officials have successfully stopped more than four million cigarettes aimed at the black market being smuggled into Britain…
Tech needed to curb counterfeit drugs…
Phoney internet pharmacies are driving the massive counterfeit medicine market to consumers worldwide, according to a recent report released today by Cambridge Consultants. The full report can be downloaded at http://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/downloads/whitepapers/Authentication%20Whitepaper.pdf
Another Tulsa prisoner requests review of case due to police corruption
Sheila Devereux has asked for a review of her 2005 drugs trafficking conviction for which she is currently serving time in prison. As reported in Tulsa World, the request is justified by the fact that her arrest involved two Tulsa police officers who are charged with planting drugs and fabricating confidential informants. Devereux has maintained her innocence throughout. 21 people have already had their convictions or cases against them dismissed in one of Oklahoma’s most revealing police corruption trials.
How could all of this have been avoided? Better procedures, processes and accountability mechanisms would have been a start. The world of undercover narcotics investigations is typically opaque, but that doesn’t mean that internal control mechanisms can’t be effective in maintaining management oversight.
