UK DRINKS TRADE LAUNCHES ANTI-FRAUD WEBSITE
February 8th, 2015
The UK alcoholic drinks industry has launched a web portal to encourage producers, distributors and retailers to blow the whistle on suspected fraud.The London-based Wine and Spirit Trade Association’s (WTSA) whistleblowing wstafraudreport.co.uk website aims to tackle alcohol-related fraud costing the British public purse an estimated GBP1.3 billion annually. Examples include counterfeit or illicit alcohol sales, and failure to pay excise duty.“It is vitally important that people are prepared to come forward, even if it is anonymously,” WSTA chief ...
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