Kenya has struggled to fight illicit goods to help local manufacturers, with the goods involved ranging from sugar to ...

Digital cording and tracking offers a global solution that also verifies product authenticity to combat illicit trade and ...

THE House of Representatives approved on second reading a measure that will introduce a track-and-trace system for tobacco products, a proposal seen deterring smuggled cigarettes. In a voice vote, ...

Congress is introducing new measures that will affect how cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes (vaping products) will be taxed in the coming years. One bill proposes a new ...

Revenues from the country's tobacco likely reached USD7.3 billion last year, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner ...

SIBU: A man in Kuching has been arrested for possessing contraband cigarettes and beer worth RM724,570.

The Minnesota Department of Revenue issued guidance on cigarette tax stamp inventory shortages and overages. The document explains how distributors can identify and account for discrepancies between ...

To put it in perspective, cigarette and cement manufacturers, have asked URA to tighten enforcement of digital tax stamps due to the continued illegal sale of particularly unstamped cigarettes and ...

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has updated the list of registered manufacturers, importers and exporters of tobacco and vapor products who must comply with the requirements amidst the ...

A shop in Dagenham has lost its licence after Home Officer staff found boxes of anti-biotics, which are only available on prescription. Maramureseanu' Magazin Românesc on Longbridge Road was reported ...

Maramureseanu in Longbridge Road, Dagenham has had its licence revoked after Home Office immigration officers discovered two people were ...

As of 2023, tax stamps were found on 55% of cigarette packs, with higher compliance in urban areas (71%) compared to rural regions (48%). This partial implementation has shown promising results in ...