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Nicola Sudan

24 Aug. 2022

3 min read

Authentix Wins Multiple Contracts in Africa

This year has so far proven very successful for Authentix, as far as contract wins for fuel marking and tax stamp/marking systems on the African continent are concerned.

Excise Products Tax Stamps

Nicola Sudan

24 Aug. 2022

2 min read

Anti-Counterfeiting Strength Through Randomness

In the past ten years or so, quantum materials have become increasingly interesting to scientists looking for properties not usually exhibited by classical structures. While most solids display varying degrees of repeatability in the array of atoms from which they are formed, when you get down to the atomic level, where quantum effects are most pronounced, materials display unique attributes due to their randomness.

Authentication

Alan Hodgson

24 Aug. 2022

4 min read

Emerging Technologies – Digital Printing

At the Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum™ in May 2022, I presented a paper on the emerging technologies that I believe will have significant impact on the tax stamp business sector. From this came an article in Tax Stamp & Traceability News™ in June summarising the threats and opportunities from these. The aim of this article is to take a deeper look into one of these technologies – digital printing.

Technology & Systems

Chander S Jeena

24 Aug. 2022

6 min read

Overview of Illicit Seeds – Recent Developments, Traceability and Blockchain

The menace of illicit seeds continues to haunt farmers across the globe. And when it’s the festive season, the problem starts mushrooming in almost all countries and continents, irrespective of whether it is India in Asia, Ecuador in South America, Georgia in Europe, or Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, and Tanzania in Africa.

Illicit Trade

Nicola Sudan

24 Aug. 2022

7 min read

Don’t Forget the Glue!

In the July 2022 issue of Tax Stamp & Traceability News™, Dr Marietta Ulrich-Horn of Securikett stated that her company had always maintained a strong focus on tamper-evident solutions for tax stamps, because if a genuine stamp can be transferred to another product for reuse, it’s as if that stamp were actually a fake, whatever the number of security features it was carrying.

Free Technology & Systems Free

Aftab Baloch – former Advisor to Federal Tax Ombudsman; former Customs

28 July 2022

8 min read

The Pakistan Tax Stamp and Track & Trace System – Success or Failure?

Every government needs revenue to run the affairs of its country in the best possible manner. Tax evasion and leakages work like a parasite feeding off the overall wellbeing of citizens, which is why every government seeks to plug those leakages, and thus recover lost revenues.

Countries Track and Trace

Dr Mark Deakes – Head of Technology Research

28 July 2022

5 min read

Stamping Down on Illicit Alcohol

The consumption of alcoholic beverages is deeply embedded in many societies worldwide. According to Statista, global consumption in 2019 generated $1.53 trillion in legally registered sales (recorded alcohol), equating to total volume sales of more than 296 billion litres.

Excise Products Illicit Trade

Nicola Sudan

28 July 2022

2 min read

SICPA Morocco Inaugurates Coding Centre

On 1 June, SICPA Morocco inaugurated its new regional coding centre for highly secure tax stamps in the industrial zone of Sidi Bernoussi in Casablanca.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

28 July 2022

2 min read

Rajasthan to Implement Holographic Liquor Stamps and End-to-End Track and Trace

The Indian state of Rajasthan is implementing holographic tax stamps and an end-to-end traceability system on liquor products, to allow the state excise department to track and trace each bottle and case of liquor.

Countries Excise Products Tax Stamps

Dr Marietta Ulrich-Horn – CEO

28 July 2022

7 min read

Using Interoperable Functional Units for Tax Collection and Product Track & Trace

Although excise tax management systems and tobacco control programmes have different goals, there is a point at which these goals overlap, given that both parties have an interest in eliminating illicit trade.

Free Free

Nicola Sudan

28 July 2022

2 min read

U-NICA Looks at Tax Stamps and Their Anti-Counterfeit Solutions

The tax stamp started life as a piece of paper that was almost the same for every product, but that soon evolved into different designs for different products, says Swiss company U-NICA, a leading provider of product and brand value protection solutions.

Companies

Sven Bergmann

28 July 2022

3 min read

Edible QR Codes Could Protect Against Counterfeit Liquor

Counterfeit liquor, which for years has been a problem for connoisseurs of fine wine, champagnes, and single-malt scotch, has started to become an issue for America’s fine brown liquor – bourbon.

Excise Products

Nicola Sudan

5 July 2022

3 min read

Micro-Optic Labels Takes Centre Stage in HP’s Anti-Counterfeit Programme

Those of us who still believe overt security features validated with the naked eye should be the first ‘port of call’ for checking the authenticity of something, will be heartened by the HP Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud programme.

Overt Security

Nicola Sudan

5 July 2022

5 min read

News in Brief

MagVision, the magnetic innovation start-up, has announced a merger with Macon Management and Design (MMD), a UK-based engineering design company.

Authentication

Nicola Sudan

5 July 2022

1 min read

Linking Laser ID Marks with Tax Stamp Codes

At the recent Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum™ in Malta, Dr Marietta Ulrich-Horn, CEO of Securikett, presented a solution for linking the company’s CODIKETT® unique identifying code on a tax stamp with a 2D barcode that had been laser-etched into a glass bottle.

Track and Trace

Nicola Sudan

5 July 2022

5 min read

Nike Sues StockX Over NFTs and Counterfeit Sneakers

Dubbed the ‘Sneaker Wars’, Nike’s ongoing lawsuit against online shoe reseller StockX will likely end up dictating how intellectual property law is applied to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), declared attorney and journalist Andrew Rossow, writing for nftnow.com.

Consumer & Industrial Products

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

5 min read

Was Ticket Fraud to Blame for Chaos at Champions League Final?

What should have been a triumphant finale to the European football season descended into chaos as police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters in advance of the Champions League Final in Paris. What role did ticket fraud play in creating the chaotic scenes that were televised around the world as the kick off was delayed by more than half an hour?

Free Free

Nicola Sudan

5 July 2022

4 min read

New Banknote Features Come to the Fore After Two Year Hiatus – Part 1

The return of in-person conferences this year, after a hiatus of two or more years, has seen a slew of new features launched for banknote authentication.

Document Protection

Nicola Sudan

5 July 2022

2 min read

Toppan Shines a Light on Security

Toppan has launched Illumigram™, a new security hologram in which three-dimensional images appear in response to strong light, such as a smartphone’s flashlight.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

5 July 2022

5 min read

Round Up of New Authenticating Technologies

The importance of technology in protecting products, people and services against malicious attack has never been greater, as this cross-section of innovations shows.

Technology & Systems

Latest News

Authentix Wins Multiple Contracts in Africa

Anti-Counterfeiting Strength Through Randomness

Emerging Technologies – Digital Printing

Overview of Illicit Seeds – Recent Developments, Traceability and Blockchain

Don’t Forget the Glue!

The Pakistan Tax Stamp and Track & Trace System – Success or Failure?

Stamping Down on Illicit Alcohol

SICPA Morocco Inaugurates Coding Centre

Rajasthan to Implement Holographic Liquor Stamps and End-to-End Track and Trace

Using Interoperable Functional Units for Tax Collection and Product Track & Trace

U-NICA Looks at Tax Stamps and Their Anti-Counterfeit Solutions

Edible QR Codes Could Protect Against Counterfeit Liquor

Micro-Optic Labels Takes Centre Stage in HP’s Anti-Counterfeit Programme

News in Brief

Linking Laser ID Marks with Tax Stamp Codes

Nike Sues StockX Over NFTs and Counterfeit Sneakers

Was Ticket Fraud to Blame for Chaos at Champions League Final?

New Banknote Features Come to the Fore After Two Year Hiatus – Part 1

Toppan Shines a Light on Security

Round Up of New Authenticating Technologies

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