Edaps Consortium
Holograms Can Defeat Global Counterfeiting Epidemic and Rescue Governments From Financial Crisis
Published in Health Business Week, March 5th, 2010
As the world continues to grapple with global economic challenges, a new method of securing cigarette tax stamps from counterfeiting and falsification could save nations from revenue losses totaling more than $50 billion (US) annually. New specialized holograms used as a foundation of the comprehensive enforcement solution from the EDAPS Consortium, may cut off funds supporting organized crime and terrorism, two consistent beneficiaries of the world's near trillion dollar counterfeit and piracy plague.
The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has determined the estimated 600 billion counterfeited and smuggled cigarettes crossing national...
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Source: Health Business Week (2010-03-05)
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