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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: State Revenue Service seize thousands of counterfeit alcohol bottles

moe — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:49:34 +0000

As reported by Eng.24.kg the State Revenue Service keeps on confiscating large batches of counterfeit alcohol, Department for control over production and sale of alcohol products reported. According to its information, the service detected a storage house for illegal alcohol production that belongs to a private entrepreneur A. Nazybekov. As a result, 5,331 bottles of alcohol at 470 thousand soms, including 90 bottles with doubtful excise stamps of Smanov Alko JSC, have been confiscated. Read Article

Counterfeit silver jewelry items difficult to identify

moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:04:45 +0000

As reported by Dialypaul.com “I have been in the Gold and silver business for a good while and have noticed that more and more I am getting lots of fake silver coming into my store. A lot of items have even bought at stores like Macy’s and JCPenney. What I’m noticing is that a lot of the stuff that is stamped 925 or 925 CHINA is very, very, magnetic.” Read Article

U.K.: Smokers turn to counterfeit tobacco smuggled from eastern European countries

moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:03:37 +0000

According to Charter97.org UK smokers, fed up with constant price rises, are turning to smuggled and counterfeit tobacco in greater numbers than ever before, according to research. The number of cigarettes smoked in the UK that have not had duty paid on them leapt nearly two-thirds in 2012, according to a report by KPMG on behalf of Philip Morris International, the tobacco company. Read Article

Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities

moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:54:12 +0000

As reported by Theatlantic.com China’s $250 billion knock-off trade doesn’t just mean fewer handbag sales for LVMH, or a hit to the DVD sales market. It can also have potentially lethal consequences. Take, for example, counterfeit condoms, 110 million of which the Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana has impounded over the last week due to poor quality. Testing revealed the condoms to have holes and break under pressure. It also found that they were unusually small and insufficiently lubricated. Read Article

Europe: Counterfeit cigarette trade on the rise again

moe — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:15:24 +0000

As reported by Globalpost.com a black market sales of cigarettes in the European Union rose for the sixth year in a row, resulting in over 12 billion euros (10.32 billion pounds) in lost tax revenue, data from a report by consulting group KPMG showed on Wednesday. Read Article

California: Custom agents seize two shipments of counterfeit toasters

moe — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:07:44 +0000

As reported by Mercutynews.com Customs agents have seized nearly 15,000 toasters that popped up at the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex. Authorities said Thursday that the toasters seized last month were potentially dangerous because they had counterfeit safety markings. Read Article

Lebanon: Security Forces arrest 85 suspects for multiple criminal charges

moe — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:50:32 +0000

On April 112013, Lebanon24.com reported that the Lebanese Security Forces succeeded to arrest 85 citizen for involvement in different criminal acts on all the Lebanese territories. Read Article

New York: Florida billionaire scores $12 million victory in counterfeit wine lawsuit

moe — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:37:26 +0000

As reported by Winespectator.com seven years into his unrelenting, cost-be-damned campaign to clean up the rare wine business, Bill Koch scored a big victory—a $12 million victory. A jury has found in the Florida energy executive’s favor on all counts in his lawsuit against fellow wine collector Eric Greenberg. Koch accused California Internet entrepreneur Greenberg of fraud, making materially misleading representations and false advertising. Read Article

Phone Scam: Chinese criminals turn counterfeit iPhones into real ones

moe — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:36:21 +0000

According to Mashable.com Apple has gotten a lot of flack over the last month for its after-sales service practices in China, and perhaps rightfully so. But instead of being exploited by Apple, police have discovered that some Chinese criminals used Apple’s return system to turn more than 100 fake iPhones into real ones. Read Article

Australia: Quakers Hill Police seize high quality counterfeit DVDs

moe — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:34:08 +0000

As reported by Whatech.com on 12 April, Detectives from Quakers Hill Police, with the support of investigators from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), conducted a search warrant operation on a storage unit in Blacktown, seizing an estimated 80,000 High Quality Counterfeit (HQC) ‘Region 4’ movie DVDs and TV box sets as well as artwork and promotional inserts. This latest seizure is subsequent to the NSW Police action on 4th April when 1.2 million High Quality Counterfeit (HQC) DVDs, computers, and a shrink wrapping machine were seized from an associated factory unit. Read Article