Canada to stamp out illicit sales

(1-Nov-2001) - Cigarette suppliers to Canadian duty-free continue to feel the heavy impact of a succession of measures designed to curb smoking and curtail their businesses.

(18-Dec-2001) - INDONESIA. Unilever Cosmetics International (UCI) seized counterfeit fragrance goods with an estimated street value of $1m in Indonesia earlier this month, as part of a crackdown among suppliers of illicit trading in branded goods.

(24-Oct-2008) - The Framework Convention Alliance has called for a ban on all duty-free tobacco if there are links to illicit trade

(15-Dec-2004) - The UK government has confirmed that airport stores, airlines and ferries will be exempt from controversial plans to introduce tax stamps on all bottles of spirits

(15-Dec-2005) - Imperial Tobacco (Canada) has promised Canadian duty-free retailers they will not be affected by the company's decision to switch production to Mexico. The company announced in October that it would close its factories in Guelph and Aylmer and move to parent company British-American Tobacco's plant in Monterrey