Industries

Airline

Airlines are constantly seeing new methods to save costs and increase productivity while meeting or exceeding customers’ expectations. With recent developments in terrorist attacks, airlines also need to ensure the safety of their passengers. Fake airline tickets can… read more

Alcohol

Fake and counterfeit alcohol poses a serious risk to public health. Reports have indicated that people who have ingested fake alcohol have suffered effects that range from excessive vomiting and headaches to breathing difficulties, blindness, seizures and… read more

Government

Apart from protecting the rights of citizens and individuals and enforcing laws, governments are concerned with generating revenue and decreasing national debt. Although these concerns are common to most governments, there are other issues that… read more

Luxury Goods

Luxury goods are often the target of counterfeiters. If the product is a good copy of the original, the product can be sold at a good profit, as the counterfeiters use the perception of luxury and quality to charge a high price for their copied goods. The challenge… read more

Packaged Goods

Counterfeiting, product diversion or black marketing are all illicit organised crime activities that are seriously effecting the world economy. Globalisation has provided many organised crime organisations opportunities and access to many markets and… read more

Pharmaceuticals

Up to 30% of all medicines sold in Africa are counterfeit. This is an alarming percentage, given that people’s lives are at stake. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are required to take more responsibility for this problem, as it is often difficult to distinguish between… read more

Tobacco

The illicit trade in tobacco has become a problem for governments to control and regulate. Sin tax, a form of excise tax, is specifically levied on certain goods deemed to be harmful to consumer health. These taxes have negatively impacted on the profits of some… read more