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India police: 5 gang members arrested in Hyderabad counterfeit money operation

As reported by Deccanchronicle.com, five persons who were allegedly circulating counterfeit currency were caught in the city. The police has also seized counterfeit notes worth Rs 29,000 from them. South Zone DCP Tarun Joshi said the police nabbed them while conducting vehicle checks at Tadbund X roads and King Darbar Hotel. Read Article

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Damascus: Syrian rebels seize large number of counterfeit Jordanian passports

On March 7 2013, Syrian rebels broadcasted a video on Youtube showing items seized at one of the headquarters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command of Ahmed Jibril’s in Damascus, The video shows Syrian rebel leaders next to a large number of counterfeit Jordanian passports and a printing machine. Read Article

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California: large shipment of counterfeit handbags seized at the port of Los Angeles

According to Upi.com the U.S. border officials said they seized 1,500 counterfeit Hermes handbags from China at the Port of Los Angeles. Read Article

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Southampton, U.K: 30 million counterfeit cigarettes seized in wind turbine cargo

According to Dailymail.co.uk more than 30 million smuggled cigarettes have been discovered in a shipment supposed to be full of wind turbines. Read Article

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Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan: man arrested trying to sell millions of counterfeit stamps

As reported by Eng.24.kg the Corruption Control Service of the State National Security Committee (GKNB) has revealed and confiscated a large batch of excise stamps, Public Relations and Mass Media Department of GKNB informed today. Read Article

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Geneva: low cost machine that detect counterfeit drugs

According to In-pharmatechnologist.com a professor at Geneva University’s School of Pharmaceutical Sciences has invented a low cost machine that can detect weakened or counterfeit drugs, potentially easing a worldwide health scourge. Read Article

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Texas: Arlington police seize more than 600 DVDs

As reported by M.nbcdfw.com nearly 600 counterfeit DVDs were seized in what police call an elaborate counterfeit operation in an Arlington home. Police stumbled on the alleged operation while serving Melbert Randles with a credit card fraud warrant. Read Article

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Radford, VA: Porn DVDs and counterfeit alcohol seized at local shop

As reported by Coventrytelegraph.net a city shop has had its alcohol licence suspended after counterfeit booze and porn DVDs were seized. A licensing review meeting decided to suspend the licence of Sandy Lane Newsagents & Off-Licence, in Radford, for three month. Read Article

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Ottawa: 44-year-old woman sentenced to 3 years in counterfeit jewellery scam

As reported by Ottawacitizen.com a woman who sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit Tiffany & Co. jewelry was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Friday. Read Article

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Toronto: 2 arrested for selling counterfeit hockey and concert tickets over the internet

According to Thestar.com a man and two women have been arrested in connection with a scheme in which customers were allegedly duped with fraudulent hockey and concert tickets. Read Article

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