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Francis Tuffy

29 May 2022

3 min read

Report Concludes Nearly Half of All Cyberattacks Involve Brand Impersonation

Anti-fraud product provider Outseer has released its latest findings on brand abuse, and it doesn’t make pleasant reading for online banking and eCommerce. According to the latest quarterly analysis from Outseer’s FraudAction team, brand impersonation scams continue to exploit the sharp rise in digital banking and eCommerce during the pandemic.

Reports & Studies

Francis Tuffy

29 May 2022

2 min read

OECD Launches Report on eCommerce in Illicit Trade

The OECD has published a series of reports into illicit trade, the most recent of which is ‘eCommerce Challenges in Illicit Trade in Fakes’. The report is the first outcome of a special project on illicit trade between the Anti-Illicit Trade Expert Group (AITEG) and the public-private partnership (PPP), established under the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT).

Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

2 May 2022

7 min read

White Paper on Cannabis Data Capture Solutions Hardly Mentions Security Features

The Cannabis Work Group of AIM North America, the premier alliance for the automated data capture technologies industry, has released a white paper reviewing the use of automatic identification and data capture solutions (including barcodes, RFID, and NFC) for cannabis traceability.

Excise Products Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

23 March 2022

2 min read

Accessories Top List of Fake Goods Seized in EU

Intellectual property infringing products with a value of almost €2 billion were seized in the EU’s internal market and at external borders in 2020, according to an annual seizures report published at the end of last year.

Reports & Studies

Francis Tuffy

1 March 2022

3 min read

ACT Now to Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights

This month’s editorial makes a longitudinal study of the shifting geo-political forces that have formed the nature of brand protection. Another, more direct, hypothesis is that counterfeiting and other types of brand fraud are straightforward criminal activities with no respect for borders, treaties or the law.

Reports & Studies

Michael Eads and Ziyaad Butler

14 Feb. 2022

11 min read

Practical Considerations for Implementing Tax Stamp and Traceability Systems

Over the years, the business case for using tax stamps has increased considerably, in tandem with the emergence of new technologies and best practices for managing excise and other goods that require robust supply chain controls.

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Astrid Mitchell

24 Dec. 2021

2 min read

New Report Ventures into Printing Beyond Colour for Security Features

Many technologies and features with their roots in commercial printing have made, and continue to make, a substantial contribution to secure document production. However, these technologies have for the most part been concerned with producing visual colours, perceived by the unaided eye as conventional colour printing.

Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

17 Dec. 2021

2 min read

New Report Explores Printing Beyond Colour

Many technologies and features with their roots in commercial printing have made, and continue to make, a substantial contribution to secure document production. However, these technologies have for the most part been concerned with producing visual colours, perceived by the unaided eye as conventional colour printing.

Reports & Studies

Sven Bergmann

1 Oct. 2021

3 min read

UNICRI Report on Anti-Illicit Trade Technologies

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) has released its ‘Technology and Security: Countering Criminal Infiltrations in the Legitimate Supply Chain’ report.

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Sven Bergmann

25 May 2021

5 min read

Illicit Tobacco Trade in Europe Goes Local

Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2021 (SOCTA-21) provides a detailed account of the dramatic impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on organized crime, illicit markets in general and the illicit tobacco market in the EU in particular.

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Nicola Sudan

25 May 2021

9 min read

The Global Use of Tax Stamps – Asia and Australasia

In the January issue of Tax Stamp & Traceability News™, we launched a new series on the use of tax stamps and associated track and trace systems in different regions of the world, starting with Africa. This month, we shift the focus to Asia and Australasia.

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Nicola Sudan

12 May 2021

8 min read

Key Questions Raised at Tax Stamp Webinar

In April, Reconnaissance International held a one-hour webinar to present its new review 'Tax Stamps & Traceability: A Market Analysis and Technical Update' to over 200 registrants. The co-editor of the review, Nicola Sudan, was joined by its two main contributors: Michael Eads (ME) of Sovereign Border Solutions, and Richard Jotcham (RJ) of Axess Technologies.

Events Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

29 April 2021

2 min read

Product Traceability and Authentication Systems: A Technology Review

Track and trace, trace and track, supply chain transparency, traceability… a confusion of terms to describe the use of an encoded unique identifier to determine the source and the pathway of an individual product.

Authentication Reports & Studies Track and Trace

Nicola Sudan

28 April 2021

2 min read

Webinar Delves into New Tax Stamp & Traceability Review

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Nicola Sudan

4 March 2021

4 min read

UCT Tobacco Taxation E-Library a World First

A comprehensive new e-library focusing on tobacco taxation and illicit trade has been launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Knowledge Hub at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP). A project two-and-a-half-years in the making, it is set to be a valuable resource for students, researchers and policymakers across the globe.

Excise Products Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

11 Feb. 2021

5 min read

The Global Use of Tax Stamps – Middle East

In last month’s Tax Stamp & Traceability News™, we launched a new series on the use of tax stamps and associated track and trace systems in different regions of the world, starting with Africa. This month, we shift the focus to the Middle East.

Case Studies Countries Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

21 Jan. 2021

5 min read

New Study Examines Evolving Challenges Posed by Counterfeit and Illicit Trade

A new study focusing on the trends and challenges of counterfeit and illicit trade in the high-tech sector – as well as the technologies for combatting such trade – provides interesting insights that are of relevance to other industries, including excise products.

Illicit Trade Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

8 Jan. 2021

11 min read

The Global Use of Tax Stamps – Africa

We kick off 2021 with a new series on the use of tax stamps and their associated track and trace systems in different regions of the world – starting with Africa. The series provides a summary of the quantitative and qualitative analysis of tax stamp usage, together with country profiles, which formed a significant part of Reconnaissance’s recently released report ‘Tax Stamps & Traceability: A Market Analysis and Technical Update’.

Case Studies Countries Reports & Studies

Ian Lancaster

23 Dec. 2020

8 min read

Tax Stamps & Traceability: A Market Analysis and Technical Update

A review by Ian Lancaster, project leader for ISO 22382 tax stamp guidance standard.

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Nicola Sudan

10 Dec. 2020

3 min read

New Report Showcases Opportunity and Growth for Tax Stamps

New investment in track and trace systems, rising excise taxes and wider commercial applications will drive tax stamp growth in the next five years, according to Reconnaissance International’s new tax stamp report.

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Latest News

Report Concludes Nearly Half of All Cyberattacks Involve Brand Impersonation

OECD Launches Report on eCommerce in Illicit Trade

White Paper on Cannabis Data Capture Solutions Hardly Mentions Security Features

Accessories Top List of Fake Goods Seized in EU

ACT Now to Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights

Practical Considerations for Implementing Tax Stamp and Traceability Systems

New Report Ventures into Printing Beyond Colour for Security Features

New Report Explores Printing Beyond Colour

UNICRI Report on Anti-Illicit Trade Technologies

Illicit Tobacco Trade in Europe Goes Local

The Global Use of Tax Stamps – Asia and Australasia

Key Questions Raised at Tax Stamp Webinar

Product Traceability and Authentication Systems: A Technology Review

Webinar Delves into New Tax Stamp & Traceability Review

UCT Tobacco Taxation E-Library a World First

The Global Use of Tax Stamps – Middle East

New Study Examines Evolving Challenges Posed by Counterfeit and Illicit Trade

The Global Use of Tax Stamps – Africa

Tax Stamps & Traceability: A Market Analysis and Technical Update

New Report Showcases Opportunity and Growth for Tax Stamps

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