MAY 2017
- By Gavin Evans, May 31, 2017, Complex
- By Gulf News, May 30, 2017, ZAWYA
- By Macharia Kamau, May 30, 2017, Standard Digital
- By Staff Writer, May 30, 2017, Vietnam
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodian police have confiscated over 30 tonnes of counterfeit cosmetic products in a raid in Phnom Penh last week, the Counter Counterfeit Committee said on May 30. READ MORE>>>
- By Staff Writer, May 30, 2017, Lenasia-Rising Sun
Not long ago a factory which was manufacturing washing powder was shut down in Mayfair, while another producing fake mineral water in Crown Mines also suffered the same faith. READ MORE>>>
- By Ali Al Shouk Staff , May 29, 2017, Zawya
Counterfeit versions of branded products including women’s bags, belts and expensive watches worth Dh114.5 million ($31.16 million) were seized by Dubai Police in the first quarter of 2017. READ MORE>>>
- By Staff Writer, May 29, 2017, The Peninsula-Qatar
Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros Co. W.L.L., (AAB) the sole distributor for Toyota & Lexus vehicles in Qatar, conducted anti-counterfeit spare parts awareness programme with the slogan ‘Toyota Says No to Counterfeit’. The campaign was held at its main workshop training centre at Street 6 in the Industrial Area. READ MORE>>>
- By Staff Writer, May 29, 2017, The Peninsula-Qatar
Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros Co. W.L.L., (AAB) the sole distributor for Toyota & Lexus vehicles in Qatar, conducted anti-counterfeit spare parts awareness programme with the slogan ‘Toyota Says No to Counterfeit’. The campaign was held at its main workshop training centre at Street 6 in the Industrial Area. READ MORE>>>
- By Veronike Collazo, May 29, 2017, The London Tribune
In one of the larger recent counterfeit seizures at Dulles Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 60,000 fake Samsung earbuds that, if genuine, held a retail value of about $360,000. READ MORE>>>
- By Ali Al Shouk, May 29, 2017, Gulf News
Dubai: Counterfeit versions of branded products including women’s bags, belts and expensive watches worth Dh114.5 million were seized by Dubai Police in the first quarter of 2017. READ MORE>>>
- By David Ndichu, May 29, 2017, ITP.net
HP has announced multiple seizures of counterfeit printing supplies destined for HP printers in Saudi Arabia. READ MORE>>>
- By , May 28, 2017, Herald Dispatch
Courtesy of Ohio Public Safety. In January, agents with the Ohio Investigative Unit seized counterfeit NBA, NFL, The North Face and Michael Kors items worth $3,000 during a search warrant at a Cincinnati convenience store. The store owners made a deal and have agreed to cease business operations. These cases are not uncommon. OIU agents recently found more than $1,000 in counterfeit The North Face items in a drive through in Columbus. Last year, the same owner was charged by Columbus Police for selling counterfeit items. YOU know fake food is lucrative when the mobsters ditch drugs and weapons to traffic it. Consider this: PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates food fraud is worth $52 billion globally each year. The illegal trade in firearms is worth an estimated $8.5 billion a year and heroin $30 billion. No wonder food fraud is now among the high rollers of crime. READ MORE>>>
- ByThe Weekly Times , May 28, 2017,
YOU know fake food is lucrative when the mobsters ditch drugs and weapons to traffic it. Consider this: PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates food fraud is worth $52 billion globally each year. The illegal trade in firearms is worth an estimated $8.5 billion a year and heroin $30 billion. No wonder food fraud is now among the high rollers of crime. READ MORE>>>
- ByJochebed Menon, May 27, 2017, Construction Week Online
Counterfeit building materials continue to represent a threat to the construction industry. A recent survey commissioned by the Steel Alliance Against Counterfeiting (SAAC) notes that 53% of respondents in the GCC have personally encountered fake steel products. READ MORE>>>
- ByWFXL Fox31 , May 26, 2017,
An alert from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations is warning people about harmful street drugs. The GBI said since January 2015, its crime lab has gotten 454 counterfeit pills. READ MORE>>>
- ByThe Nation , May 26, 2017,
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Director-General, Mr. Osita Aboloma has lamented the large presence of fake, counterfeit and sub-standard goods in the country. He put the figure at about 50 percent. READ MORE>>>
- By Securing Industry , May 25, 2017,
Almost two-thirds of counterfeit contact lenses tested positive for microbial contamination in a US study, raising the risk of serious eye damage among users. READ MORE>>>
- By The Global Times , May 25, 2017,
Anhui police have recently busted China’s biggest-ever case of counterfeit sneakers, seizing more than half a million pairs of sham shoes that were intended to be exported to the Middle East and Africa. The total value of the goods involved surpassed 600 million yuan ($87.3 million). READ MORE>>>
- By Popular Science , May 24, 2017,
Bacterial endophthalmitis sets in quickly, causing pain, redness, and vision loss. This inflammation inside the eye “often culminates with surgical removal of the eyeball or the contents of the eye.” The bacterium Bacillus cereus is one of the common causes of bacterial endophthalmitis, and it is just one of several nasty microbes recently detected on counterfeit contact lenses. READ MORE>>>
- By Boston 25 News , May 24, 2017,
BOSTON – Counterfeit makeup being sold online may look like the real thing, but much of it is fake and could be harmful to your health. READ MORE>>>
- By Hang Sokunthea, May 23, 2017, The Cambodia Daily
At least 20 tons of allegedly counterfeit cosmetic products were confiscated on Monday after an undercover government officer infiltrated an illegal Phnom Penh business for more than a month, an official said. READ MORE>>>
- By Vikas Dandekar, May 22, 2017, Money Control
Gilead warned that those (generic versions) medicines have not been approved for use in the countries into which they are imported. READ MORE>>>
- By Matt Simpson, May 22, 2017, The Sentinel
Members of the public are being urged to be vigilant against buying counterfeit goods when out shopping for summer items. READ MORE>>>
- By Staff Writer, May 21, 2017, Saudi Gazette
DUBAI – More than half the industry (53 percent) has reported an incidence of, what is believed to be, counterfeit steel products at some point in day-to-day operations, a study commissioned by the Steel Alliance against Counterfeiting (SAAC) revealed. READ MORE>>>
- By Staff Writer, May 20, 2017, The Phuket News
PHUKET: Officials have continued a series of raids on stores selling counterfeit goods, this time at Central Festival, where they seized 524 illegal items with an estimated street value of more than B2 million. READ MORE>>>
- By Tom Burnett, May 19, 2017, The Sentinel
- By Staff Writer, May 18, 2017, Gulf Times
- By Staff Writer, May 18, 2017, Trade Arabia
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- By Essex Live , May 16, 2017,
- By Staff Writer, May 16, 2017, Dunya News
- By Yang Shu-min, Milly Lin and Elaine Hou, May 16, 2017, Focus Taiwan
- By Jess Arnold, May 16, 2017, ABC 57
- By Katrina Megget, May 16, 2017, Securing Industry
- By Phil Taylor, May 15, 2017, Securing Industry
- By Staff Writer, May 15, 2017, Morung Express
- By Staff Writer, May 15, 2017, Post Corrier
- By Anne Robi, May 14, 2017, Daily News- Tanzania
- By Elizabeth Merab, May 14, 2017, Daily Nation- Kenya
- By Kolade Adeyemi, May 14, 2017, The Nation
Ceredigion woman admits selling fake designer goods
- By Dave Parkinson, May 13, 2017, Tivy-Side
Over ONE MILLION illegal cigarettes found in Coventry by Trading Standards
- By Ben Eccleston, May 13, 2017, Coventry Telegraph
Govt probes counterfeit pesticides used against armyworms
- By Taddeo Bwambale, May 12, 2017, New Vision
FBR urged to introduce third tier with lower tax
- By Rahul Basharat, May 12, 2017, The Nation
Faking it: How to tackle the industry’s fake goods
- By Jade Burke, May 11, 2017, ToyNews
Business Woman Docked over Production of Counterfeit Goods
- By Staff Writer, May 11, 2017, This Day Live
Fake clothes seized in Torfaen donated to Ghana village
- By Staff Writer, May 10, 2017, BBC News
About 300 items of fake clothing seized by trading standards officers in Torfaen will be donated to villages in Africa. They include counterfeit Timberland boots, Nike trainers, Adidas hoodies and Ralph Lauren jackets.READ MORE>>>
Cambodian government seizes US$100 million worth of counterfeit cosmetics, including Shiseido fakes
- By Georgina Caldwell, May 10, 2017, Global Cosmetics News
Corby shopkeeper fined for selling illegal vodka
- By Sam Wildman, May 9, 2017, Northhamptonshire Telegraph
IP concerns top luxury law agenda
- By Staff Writer, May 9, 2017, Global Legal Post
$250M of Fake, Substandard Foods Seized in Global Operation
- By Julie Al-Zoubi, May 9, 2017, Olive Oil Times
Cambodian raids net 70 tons of fake cosmetics, ingredients
- By Sopheng Cheang, May 8, 2017, Idaho Statesman
Cambodian raids net 70 tons of fake cosmetics, ingredients
- By Sopheng Cheang, May 8, 2017, Idaho Statesman
Out of date, contaminated and counterfeit salon brands could end up on store shelves
- By Adam Walser, May 8, 2017, KFDI
Mexican Nationals Indicted for Counterfeit Airbag Business
- By John Binder, May 7, 2017, www.breitbart.com
NAFDAC destroys N105m fake products
- By Abel Abogonye, May 7, 2017, The Guardian- Nigeria
Why American Companies Can’t Trust Alibaba
- By John Doggett, May 6, 2017, Fortune
Counterfeit, smuggled cigarettes thriving in India
- By Siddharth Tiwari, May 7, 2017, Sunday Guardian Live- India
Police warning on doorstep chainsaw sales
- By Staff Reporter, May 5, 2017, BuyFreePress
HMCL seizes 2,75,000 fake materials
- By Staff Reporter, May 5, 2017, Bureaucracy Today
R1 million counterfeit sneakers ceased in Joburg CBD bust
- By Tshepiso Mametela, May 5, 2017, CityBuzz
JOBURG – Counterfeit sneakers worth a street value of approximately R1 million rand ceased in Joburg CBD by Metro Police on 4 May. READ MORE>>>
Ivory Coast breaks up huge fake drugs market
- By Staff Writer, May 4, 2017, The Daily Nation- Kenya
Ivory Coast authorities deployed dozens of police Wednesday to break up a fake drugs market in Abidjan estimated to supply nearly a third of all treatments sold in the country. READ MORE>>>
Siblings charged with running counterfeit airbag business
- By KRQE , May 4, 2017,
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the last two years, the feds say a brother and sister duo have been running a counterfeit airbag business from their Albuquerque home. READ MORE>>>
Online system launched to control cardiac stent market in Pakistan
- By Staff Reporter, May 3, 2017, Al Arabiya English
Pakistan has launched an online system with a new registration process of cardiac stents to regulate the counterfeit medicine market, a news report has revealed. READ MORE>>>
Bitzer warns of fake compressor oils
- By Staff Reporter, May 3, 2017, Cooling Post
GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer has warned of counterfeit refrigeration oils which can lead to compressor breakdowns. READ MORE>>>
FCAI: 100,000 counterfeit car parts found in UAE
- By Staff Reporter, May 3, 2017, Repair Driven News
Chamber of Automotive Industries’ “Genuine is Best” campaign announced late last month that 100,000 allegedly counterfeit vehicle parts had been seized in the United Arab Emirates. READ MORE>>>
Kebs issues fake food, building materials alert
- By Barnabas BII, May 2, 2017, The Daily Nation- Kenya
When shopping for food products and construction materials, be on the lookout as there are many counterfeits in the market, a watchdog has warned. READ MORE>>>
The Time Counterfeit Shaving Brushes Gave People Face Anthrax
- By Popular Mechanics , May 2, 2017,
Lots of guys appreciate the feel of an old-timey shaving brush when they go in for a barbershop shave. A hundred years ago, though, men were decidedly unhappy when they realized these grooming tools were giving them outbreaks of deadly head and face anthrax that caused swelling, bumps, and blisters. READ MORE>>>
Ocean City Brewing co-founder sentenced to 5 years in prison for wire fraud
- By Baltimore Business Journal , May 1, 2017,
Ocean City Brewing Co. co-founder Joshua Shores has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a $2.5 million wire fraud charge resulting from selling counterfeit sports memorabilia. READ MORE>>>
New Method to Identify Counterfeit Ivory Products
- By Staff Writer, May 1, 2017, Financial Tribune
Fetching close to $1,500 per pound, ivory ranks fourth in black market items just behind narcotics, weapons and humans. READ MORE>>>