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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BOOM in counterfeit cosmetics and perfumes being smuggled into the European Union (EU) is intensifying, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized 1.5 million counterfeit personal care products in 2006, up 128% on 2005.…

BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas
Five years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre a major overhaul of Nevada’s anti-money laundering laws has effectively transferred regulation of the gambling industry from state to federal hands. From July 1st this year, casinos in Nevada will have to abide by the federal statute, Title 31, instead of Regulation 6A, a state law, which has been in place for more than 20 years.…

BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
CIGARETTE counterfeiters have borne the brunt of recent Chinese government efforts to curb the country’s rampant trade in fake goods. However, Beijing’s recent efforts to rationalise and modernise the country’s cigarette industry – by some measures, the world’s largest – have unwittingly aided the counterfeiters.…

BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
CIGARETTE counterfeiters have borne the brunt of recent Chinese government efforts to curb the country’s rampant trade in fake goods. However, Beijing’s recent efforts to rationalise and modernise the country’s cigarette industry – by some measures, the world’s largest – have unwittingly aided the counterfeiters.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Abu Dhabi
HOW to better regulate the popular Middle East and south Asian alternate remittance system (ARS) known as hawala, which has been linked to money laundering, organised crime and terrorist financing, was the focus of the recent Fourth International Conference on Hawala at the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abu Dhabi.…

BY MARK ROWE
IT might sound strange, but Darwin’s theory of evolution is as relevant to the anti-crime industry and its battle against counterfeiters, IT fraud and fake documentation as it is to the animal kingdom. As technology evolves to give security forces the upper hand, criminals and counterfeiters have historically been quick to play catch up.…

BY MARK ROWE
AN EXHIBITION centre in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will next month (March) be the venue for Asia’s largest personal care trade conference. Manufacturers, formulators, scientists and suppliers will converge to promote new ranges to what is now recognised as being the world’s most burgeoning market: China.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
HIGH crude oil prices, rapidly growing domestic demand, depleting reserves, and the absence of any really significant new oil discoveries in India has forced local oil and gas companies to exploit small and remote clusters of petroleum deposits, namely ‘marginal oil fields’.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

THE FIRST real-data study on the shark fin trade has estimated that 38 million sharks are killed annually: significantly higher than the 10 million accepted by the UN, although lower than the 100 million of some rough estimates.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned of a boom in counterfeits of food and drink products entering the European Union, with more than 5 million fake items seized by customs officials last year. This is 118% compared with the numbers of seizures in 2004 – the first time the food/drink category has exceeded 5 million.…