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Nicola Sudan

23 Aug. 2023

5 min read

Smoking Out Illicit Tobacco in the UK: A Case of Good Enforcement Practice

Following the news from the UK that tougher sanctions are being introduced on illicit tobacco sellers, this article takes a closer look at the close-knit network of organisations engaged in tackling illicit trade at retail level in the country.

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Alan Hodgson

23 Aug. 2023

5 min read

Opportunities in Smart Packaging

Smart packaging is a term that means different things to different communities. The aim of this article is to take a wider look at trends in smart packaging and consider some of the potential implications for tax stamps and track and trace solutions.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

23 Aug. 2023

5 min read

WCO Reports Current State of Illicit Tobacco and Alcohol Seizures

Established in 1952, the WCO (World Customs Organisation) is the global centre of customs experience, representing 185 customs administrations that collectively process approximately 98% of world trade.

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Nicola Sudan

23 Aug. 2023

4 min read

Interview with an ITSA Member – Baldwin Technology

This month, we continue our interview series exploring the experiences of International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) members, who offer their perspective on the tax stamp industry, and their predictions of challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Interviews

Luk Joosens

23 Aug. 2023

2 min read

What’s the Status of Tobacco Track & Trace Under FCTC Protocol?

Smoke Free Partnership, a coalition of NGOs working on EU policy analysis and advocacy linked to the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), has published a report by Luk Joossens, Senior Advisor, on the status of track and trace in countries that are party to the FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.

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Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

3 min read

Global Developments Around Palm Vein Authentication

While, as individuals, we all use fingerprint biometrics in our routine life to unlock a phone or the door to the office, verify identities, and gain access to restricted areas, the tech giants have a different agenda. Various cases have been reported globally using palm vein technology for payments in the last few months.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

2 min read

Time to Submit Your Paper for ODDS 2024

The Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) conference – the technical event for physical, digital and virtual document security – is now calling for papers.

Events

Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

2 min read

New Anti-Counterfeiting Fluorescent Marker Developed

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI), in Germany, has developed a method that could make it more difficult to counterfeit products. The new and patented method makes it possible to produce unique, non-copyable, environment-friendly fluorescent patterns, quickly and at low cost.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

2 min read

Food Fraud in the UK – Here We Go Again

It has been 10 years since a UK parliamentary committee reported on the meat contamination scandal that hit media headlines in 2013.

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Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

3 min read

ASPA Forum Aims for Zero Counterfeiting

With their sights firmly set on a future with no counterfeiting in it, more than 150 delegates came together for the 5th edition of the Traceability and Authentication Forum (TAF), held on 6-7 July, in New Delhi, India.

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Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

2 min read

De La Rue Authentication on Track to Exceed £100 Million in Revenue

De La Rue has announced that its Authentication division is on track to exceed £100 million in revenue for fiscal year 2024, demonstrating good growth versus 2023 results, and making it the fastest growing division in the company.

Companies

Gidi Amir

30 July 2023

4 min read

Raising the Counterfeiting Bar with Double-Exclusive LEP Secure Inks

High security printing is based on features made available exclusively for that market. In the case of special inks, for example, this includes pigments with several modes of fluorescence, rare earth pigments, or different types of color shifting.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

6 min read

Round Up – Brands, Traceability, Sustainability

Leonardo Abdias, Director of Innovation and Markets at the Brazilian Mint (Casa da Moeda do Brasil – CMB) has announced measures to combat the illegal gold trade in the country, during an event held in May titled ‘Ways of Gold: the importance of traceability to prevent illegality and irregular extraction’.

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Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

2 min read

Chemists Develop a New Chiral Structure Creation Method

A strange feature of the molecular building blocks of human (and other species) biology is that at a molecular level they exhibit a behaviour called ‘chirality’ – from the Greek word for handedness. Just like your right hand mirrors your left but will never fit comfortably into a left-handed glove, amino acids and sugars come in both right- and left-handed versions.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

30 July 2023

5 min read

WCO Reports the Current State of Illicit Tobacco and Alcohol Seizures

Established in 1952, the WCO (World Customs Organisation) is the global centre of customs experience, representing 185 customs administrations that collectively process approximately 98% of world trade.

Reports & Studies

Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

6 min read

Illicit Cigarette Report Spells Bad News for France

KPMG has released the 2023 edition of its annual study, ‘Illicit Cigarette Consumption in the EU, UK, Norway, Switzerland, Moldova and Ukraine’, which reveals an overall increasing rate of illicit consumption in the region, especially in France.

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Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

2 min read

Programme Released for Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum 2023

Revenue authorities, experts, and solution providers from around the world have confirmed their speaking slot at the Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum, taking place in Tbilisi, Georgia from 2-4 October 2023.

Events

Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

2 min read

De La Rue Authentication on Track to Exceed £100 Million in Revenue

De La Rue has announced that its Authentication division is on track to exceed £100 million in revenue for fiscal year 2024, demonstrating good growth versus 2023 results.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

5 min read

Interview with an ITSA Member – NASPS

This month, we present the sixth interview with an International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) member, providing their perspective on the present opportunities and challenges of the industry, and the developments they anticipate for its future.

Interviews

Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

6 min read

Track and Trace Working Group Lays Out Recommendations for FCTC Info Share Point

The third session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP3) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products will take place on 27-30 November in Panama, and the provisional agenda has now been released.

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Latest News

Smoking Out Illicit Tobacco in the UK: A Case of Good Enforcement Practice

Opportunities in Smart Packaging

WCO Reports Current State of Illicit Tobacco and Alcohol Seizures

Interview with an ITSA Member – Baldwin Technology

What’s the Status of Tobacco Track & Trace Under FCTC Protocol?

Global Developments Around Palm Vein Authentication

Time to Submit Your Paper for ODDS 2024

New Anti-Counterfeiting Fluorescent Marker Developed

Food Fraud in the UK – Here We Go Again

ASPA Forum Aims for Zero Counterfeiting

De La Rue Authentication on Track to Exceed £100 Million in Revenue

Raising the Counterfeiting Bar with Double-Exclusive LEP Secure Inks

Round Up – Brands, Traceability, Sustainability

Chemists Develop a New Chiral Structure Creation Method

WCO Reports the Current State of Illicit Tobacco and Alcohol Seizures

Illicit Cigarette Report Spells Bad News for France

Programme Released for Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum 2023

De La Rue Authentication on Track to Exceed £100 Million in Revenue

Interview with an ITSA Member – NASPS

Track and Trace Working Group Lays Out Recommendations for FCTC Info Share Point

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