Anti-Counterfeit Solutions for Industry & Electronics

A record number of tech products used by the U.S. military and dozens of other federal agencies are fake. That opens up a myriad of national security risks, from dud missiles to short-circuiting airplane parts to cyberespionage.

Despite laws designed to crack down on counterfeiters, suppliers labeled by the U.S. government as "high risk" are increasing their sales to federal agencies. Their presence in government's supply chain soared 63% over the past decade, according to a new study released by IHS, a supply chain management consultancy.

Thousands of illegal vapes and cigarettes have been seized from shops in Kirklees. Trading Standards and West Yorkshire Police said officers had recovered 3,000 vapes, worth up to £40,000, as well as 77,420 cigarettes.

Shops in Dewsbury and Huddersfield town centres were visited as part of the operation on 18 July and 8 August. Sgt Amanda Holroyd said: "Cash from the sale of such goods can often be used to directly fund organised crime." Also seized were 235 pouches of tobacco, 80 bottles of counterfeit perfume and 38 items of counterfeit clothing.

Apple has complained of a "flood" of counterfeit goods masquerading as its products being sold on Amazon.com.

The claim relates to items sold via Amazon's "fulfilment" scheme, whereby third parties list their goods on the retail giant's site, store their inventory in its warehouses and rely on it for deliveries. Apple warns the alleged fakes are potentially life-threatening. But it is suing one of the vendors rather than Amazon itself.

The defendant, New York-based Mobile Star LLC, could not be reached for comment and has yet to file its own legal paperwork.

"Mobile Star has been deceiving Apple customers and putting their safety at risk by selling counterfeit power adapters," an Apple spokesman told the BBC.