Industry News Archive

• China cracks fake drug ring, seizing 114, as US FDA official urges vigilance

  Shanghai - November, 2011

• Polish police nab record haul of fake Euros

  Warsaw - October, 2011

• The Dangerous World of Counterfeit Prescription Drugs

  October, 2011

• Phony Medications Flood the U.S.

  June, 2011

• Drug theft goes big

  April, 2011

• EFPIA Finds Packaging Key to Anticounterfeiting

  December, 2010

• 9 tons of fake medicine seized in East Africa

  East Africa - September, 2010

• Snatched: Drugs rank high in stolen goods

  Pasadena, CA - April, 2010

• Are You Buying Illegal Drugs?

  New York - April, 2010

• Increase in Guyana's revenue collection exceeded US$40m in 2009

  Georgetown, Guyana - December, 2009

• Contaminated Food: A More Watchful Eye Needed

  Washington, D.C. - July, 2009

• Dallas Man Pleads Guilty in Fake Drugs Scheme

  Houston - March, 2009

• Georgia drug maker sentenced for fake imports

  Atlanta - February, 2009

• The Booming Trade in Fake Drugs

  February, 2009

• 84 Children Are Killed by Medicine in Nigeria

  Dakar, Senegal - February, 2009

• Fighting the growing menace of fake drugs

  London - January, 2009

• CBP, ICE release figures on counterfeit goods seized

  El Paso - January, 2009

• Health fears grow as fake drugs flood into Britain

  London - January, 2009

• Authorities stop shipment of counterfeit crop protection active ingredient Iodosulfuron

  Monheim - December, 2008

• Smoking Out the Smugglers

  October, 2008

• Parallel trade in drugs puts EU patients at risk

  London - July, 2008

• Counterfeit, pirated goods costing U.S. billions

  Washington, D.C. - June, 2008

• EU tightens borders against counterfeit goods

  Brussels - May, 2008

• Arrest of Cigarette Seller Is a Coup, Brooklyn Officials Say

  April, 2008

• Counterfeit Drugs’ Path Eased by Free Trade Zones

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates - December, 2007

• UN Ties Counterfeits to Organized Crime

  Turin, Italy - December, 2007

• US anti-counterfeit food and drug market worth billions, says report

  September, 2007

• Counterfeit cigarette ring smashed

  New York - August, 2007

• Smuggler in global ring gets 11 years

  Philadelphia - August, 2007

• Cosmetic and personal care counterfeit seizures increase

  June, 2007

• OECD calls on governments to clamp down on counterfeiting

  Paris - June, 2007

• Smokers take big chance with ingredients in contraband cigarettes

  Vancouver - May, 2007

• FDA Warns Consumers About Counterfeit Drugs From Multiple Internet Sellers

  Rockville, MD - May, 2007

• Hundreds of Leaders in Nanotechnology Investment and Business to Convene in Silicon Valley to Discuss Global Market Opportunities in Nanotech

  April, 2007

• Fuel Smuggling in Guyana Down to 10%

  April, 2007

• British American Tobacco Says More Than One in 20 Cigarettes Worldwide Is Illicit

  March, 2007

• Diesel sales back on track on kerosene adulteration curbs

  Mumbai - March, 2007

• WHO-led anti-counterfeiting coalition examines technologies to prevent fake drugs

  Prague/Geneva - March, 2007

• Black Market Cigarettes Keeping Feds Busy

  Houston - February, 2007

• Bank of Canada to redesign bills again to foil counterfeiters

  Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario - February, 2007

• Product Counterfeits Can Be Dangerous, Deadly

  New York - February, 2007

• Kelly Outlines Dangers of Counterfeiting

  New York - February, 2007

• $1.9 Billion Counterfeit & Pirated Goods Monitored in 2006

  Calgary, Canada - January, 2007

• 2006 Unprecedented Year of Increased Fake Drug Production, Introduction into U.S. Drug Supply

  Washington - January, 2007

• WHO and Partners Accelerate Fight Against Counterfeit Medicines

  Geneva - November, 2006

• EU sees counterfeit danger continuing to rise

  Brussells - November, 2006

• Counterfeit vodka deadly in Russia

  Moscow, Russia - November, 2006

• Man sentenced for role in counterfeit drugs scheme

  Kansas Coty, MO - October, 2006

• Charges Announced in $70M Drug Diversion Case

  Albany, NY - August, 2006

• Multimillion-dollar cigarette smuggling operation busted

  Central Islip, N.Y. - August, 2006

• Millions of fake cigarettes seized

  Bolton UK - August, 2006

• Wave of counterfeits sweeps France as forgers crack the euro code

  August, 2006

• Proposed Legislation Aims to Stem the Flow of Counterfeit Prescription Drugs

  Washington, D.C. - July, 2006

• Inside the world of counterfeit drugs

  June, 2006

• 7.2 million cigarettes seized in mail depot blitz

  May, 2006

• EU Proposes Jail to Fight Counterfeiters

  Brussels, Belgium - April, 2006

• U.S. Lawmakers Give Close Look at Alleged North Korean Counterfeiting

  Washington, D.C. - April, 2006

• Knockoff cigarettes lead to indictments

  Philadelphia - April, 2006

• 18 Charged in Smuggling Case

  Detroit News - March, 2006

• House Passes Bill Aimed at Couterfeit Goods

  Associated Press - March, 2006

• PSSSSST! As counterfeiters find ways to sell more fakes at online auction sites, companies expand their fight against it

  San Jose Mercury News - February, 2006

• Californa Tobacco Revenue Surges

  Los Angeles Times - December, 2005

• Counterfeit Hair Care Products Flourish

  December, 2005

• Fighting phony drugs

  November, 2005

• Nobel Laureate Richard Smalley Dies

  October, 2005

• Fake drug sales "could nearly double by 2010"

  September, 2005

• More Powers Passed to Prosecute Fuel Smugglers

  Guyana - August, 2005

• Bush creates high-level anti-piracy post

  July, 2005

• Interpol fights fake drugs in Asia

  June, 2005

• Getting Big Protection with Small Technologies

  June, 2005

• Knockoff Dealers Could Have Designs on Terror

  June, 2005

• Big Blow to Illegal Cigarette Racket

  June, 2005

• CVS Gets Pickier on Which Drug Suppliers to Use

  May, 2005

• Industry Report: Massive $3 Trillion Counterfeits, IP Theft up 22%

  May, 2005

• Buying Knockoffs May Support Terrorists

  May, 2005

• EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL EID WINNERS: Forms that Fit

  May, 2005

• Stolen, Counterfeit Drug Problems Rise

  May, 2005

• Targeting Phony Pharmaceuticals

  May, 2005

• Lorillard Takes Fight Against Counterfeits to Local Store

  May, 2005

• Philip Morris endorses a law to curtail the illegal-cigarette industry, which costs the U.S. roughly $1 Billion every year

  Tallahassee - April, 2005

• Thwarting counterfeiting takes Special Processing Savvy

  April, 2005

• Anticounterfeiting Programs and Resources

  March, 2005

• Fake Fuel Puts Many Cars at Risk

  March, 2005

• New Defense Against Rx Drug Counterfeiting Gains Traction

  February, 2005

• FAKES!

  February, 2005

• Counterfeiters Costing Firms Millions

  January, 2005

• Security Supplement: Safe and Secure

  January, 2005

• Shadowy figures stand down as fresh breed takes over in new 'legit' Provos

  October, 2004

• Crusade agains Counterfeits

  July, 2003

• Council Warns of Contaminated Alcohol

  March, 2003

• Cigarette Smuggling: Financing Terrorism?

  January, 2003