Federal authorities in Chicago charged 11 people and six companies in a massive honey-importing conspiracy that allegedly mislabeled the Chinese import to avoid nearly $80 million in customs taxes.
Investigators called the case the largest food customs investigation ever charged.
The conspiracy allegedly involved changing labels on Chinese honey, some of it tainted [...]
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NEWS: Honey plot tried to duck $80M in taxes
September 3rd, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Fake Goods · Product Authentication
NEWS: Business leaders fear the upturn in counterfeit goods
August 16th, 2010 No Comments
Some smugglers came on buses and trucks but most of them came by car. Their rucksacks, suitcases and boots were packed with counterfeit goods. They also carried substantial amounts of drugs.
Their objective was to get past customs officials and into the lucrative markets of the European Union, including the UK. Many of [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · Counterfeit Goods · Europe · Product Authentication
NEWS: MLB Authenticators Ready for A-Rod’s 600th Homer
July 21st, 2010 No Comments
Somewhere, locked in a closet in the auxiliary clubhouse at Yankee Stadium, is the ball that Alex Rodriguez will hit for his 600th career home run.
It is waiting there along with one or two dozen others like it, all covertly marked by Major League Baseball. And after Mr. Rodriguez’s next home [...]
Tags: Authentication · Baseball · Hologram · Product Authentication · product authentication products
News: Genetics tapped to protect goods from counterfeiters
January 15th, 2010 No Comments
A New York state-based company has announced it will be adding genetic material to some high-end products.
Applied DNA Sciences, based in Stony Brook, N.Y., said it has reached an agreement to supply a European luxury goods company with DNA markers to protect its products from counterfeiters.
The company said the agreement was for a five-year period. [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · brand integrity · Brand Protection · Luxury Goods · Product Authentication
Press Release: MLS Expands Decade-Long Relationship with OpSec Security for Comprehensive Brand Protection
October 1st, 2009 No Comments
Adds to Anti-Counterfeiting Success with Brand Licensing Management
NEW YORK– Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level professional soccer league in the United States, has announced an extension of its longstanding partnership with OpSec Security, the global leader in anti-counterfeiting and brand protection, to acquire expanded services for anti-counterfeiting and brand licensing management.
“OpSec Security has been our [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · brand licensing management · MLS · OpSec Security · Product Authentication
News: Holograms score in protecting sports merchandising
September 30th, 2009 No Comments
Sports merchandising is big business and, over the last 15 years, has increasingly benefitted from the application of hologram-based security tags. However, there can be pitfalls for the unwary. Here, Glenn Wood offers advice to security managers looking to counter the threat of counterfeiters.
Undoubtedly, the greatest global sporting events are the summer and winter Olympics [...]
Tags: counterfeiters · MLB · NBA · nfl · NHL · Olympics · Product Authentication · security holograms · Sports merchandising
Commentary: Is Your Sports Memorabilia Authentic?
July 27th, 2010 No Comments
With Alex Rodriguez’s 600th home run imminent, there has been some mention in the media about authentication of game used merchandise. This is a topic that is both growing in popularity and a stigma for things of the past: how do you really know if it’s authentic?
Fortunately for MLB, there is a significant program involved. [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeit · holograms · Major League Baseball · MLB · Product Authentication · security labels · Sports