From the Beginning to the End: Tax Stamps as Part of a System Rather Than Just a Product
The following is a panel report from the 2017 Berlin Tax Stamp Forum, which Bergmann, managing partner of Venture Global Consulting,...
Tax Stamps as an Authentication Feature? A Critical View
In November's issue of Tax Stamp News™, Ian Lancaster (in his opinion piece Tax Stamps: Revenue Collection, Brand Protection or Both?)...
The Importance of Tracking and Tracing Tobacco Leaf
A recent article in Tobacco Asia, titled Tobacco Leaf Track & Trace Laborious but Indispensable, discussed the importance of tracking and...
The fatal attraction between Crime and Illicit Tobacco
Over the years, many articles, court cases and government reports have highlighted the link between the illicit trade in tobacco products...
Smoking Gun: Illicit trade of Tobacco in Canada
In March 2016, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a conservative policy think tank from Ottawa, released a new report on the illicit trade...
Global trade in fakes approaching half a trillion – what can be done?
In April, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released an updated report that puts the value of imported...