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Four sellers fined for illegal Cambridge textbooks in Uzbekistan

A court in Uzbekistan fined four people for selling counterfeit English textbooks published by Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Inspections by the Intellectual Property Center revealed illegal distribution of five popular titles on marketplaces. The offenders were held liable under Article 177-1 of the Administrative Liability Code, which provides for fines of 2.2 to 6.6 million soums for citizens and confiscation of illegal products.

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Counterfeit vapes in legal retail chains: seizure worth 2.3 million rubles and market estimate up to 103 billion

Activists of 'Healthy Fatherland', using the 'Chestny Znak' app, discovered vape products banned from sale at a kiosk of a tobacco chain; a joint inspection with police lasted about five hours and ended with the seizure of nearly one and a half thousand devices and liquids worth 2.3 million rubles. According to CRPT, legal vape sales in 2025 amounted to 33.6 billion rubles, while the 'Center for Market Economics' estimates the market at 103.3 billion rubles. Laboratory tests found nicotine in 'nicotine-free' samples and se

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