Can you say for sure that the medication you take has all the ingredients it claims to have? How would you feel if you knew that the medication you were taking was, in fact, harmful to your health because it contained undisclosed ingredients?
The Chinese fake goods industry is enormous. Mainland China is the world’s largest producer of counterfeits, accounting for 63.2 percent of seized goods.
US customs and border officers seized and destroyed 34,143 shipments containing counterfeit items in 2017. Counterfeit items are almost all luxury goods like watches, jewellery, electronics, and accessories. Most concerning is pharmaceuticals are among the most counterfeited items. Here is…
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Our diverse portfolio of businesses provides the most comprehensive range of solutions. From tagging red hot billets of steel at over 1200°C, to marking items immersed in liquid nitrogen; from marking products on stationary or slow manufacturing lines – the only thing we cannot mark is air.
Counterfeiting continues to grow. Why? One reason is that criminal enterprises increasingly view counterfeiting as a low-risk, high-reward revenue stream. The involvement of organised crime has raised the level of sophistication in counterfeiting, enabling counterfeiters to exploit more unsuspecting consumers…
The booming industry of fakes is fueled by the proliferation of online sales, where scammers create websites, market fake products, collect money and avoid sales taxes, all while remaining virtually anonymous. Here’s why there’s much more at stake for you…
Consumers and collectors vulnerable to fakes. Big money draws clever criminals who can be very good at separating you from your money. Counterfeit wine is no exception and has bilked consumers out of millions of dollars. It’s a simple scam…
The 2018 Tax Stamp Forum is rapidly approaching. Join international presenters and panelists in Nairobi to explore how the world of revenue stamps is changing – and why. The 3-day programme – Monday 7 May to Wednesday 9 May: welcomes experts…
The trade in counterfeited goods is worth a whopping $462 billion (£321bn) a year! According to the most recent figures from the OECD and the EU’s Intellectual Property Office, with a 2017 report predicting it could hit an astonishing $2.3…