April 6, 2018 – Nefteyugansk, Russia The Chief of Nefteyugansk MIA Nikolay Plaksin was arrested on three charges related to an ongoing investigation. Chief Nikolay Plaksin was charged with bribe taking and abuse of powers under the criminal code of the Russian Federation. Also charged was Roman Nedyba an official in The Ministry of Internal…
March 31, 2018 – Lagos, Nigeria Benjamin Ojuku travelled to China to study how to make wines and spirituous liquor. The 55-year-old alcohol entrepreneur returned to Nigeria in 2015 to start his business in Nnewi, Anambra state. Mr. Ojukwu was arrested on March 30, 2018 by the Lagos State Police Command for selling adulterated wines…
March 28,2018 – Zhengzhou, China Central China Police have raided a warehouse in Zhengzhou, China uncovering more than 50,000 bottles of Fake Wine. The wine in question was labeled as the prestigious Australian Penfolds brand. The value of the 8300 cases of fake wine, branded as Penfolds was estimated at $3.7 Million. Treasury Wine Estates…
March 26, 2018 – Jalisco, Mexico The Consejo Regulador del Tequila (CRT) known in English as the Tequila Regulatory Council has issued a warning that the Tequila industry is riddled with corruption and bribery. The CRT was established in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in 1994 as the ONLY organization to certify Tequila conformity to the Mexican…
March 19, 2018 – Paris, France The annual report of the Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes (DGCRF) released on March 16, 2018, a massive wine fraud investigation was summarized. The DGCRF listed one of the Nation’s largest wine fraud cases ever uncovered involving the highly prized…
Saudi Arabia – February 16, 2018 In Saudi Arabia alcohol possession and consumption is illegal, punishable by up to 500 lashes. Yet, it has been rumored that the Kingdom is one of the largest consumers of Johnnie Walker Black Label in the Middle East. In a country where liquor is illegal, the only way the…
Hanoi, Vietnam – February 14, 2018 The Tet Holiday is the Lunar New Year for the Vietnamese People. Tết Nguyên Đán is the Sino-Vietnamese name meaning, “Feast of the First Morning of The First Day”, it is the celebrations based on the lunar calendar signifying the first day of spring. Usually celebrated on the…
Washington D.C. – January 22,2017 There is much debate as to who will save on taxes under the new Tax Cut Bill hailed by the Trump Administration, there is no denying that alcohol producers will save. Within the massive Tax Cut Bill is Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act 2017 (CBMTRA) which cuts the…
Guizhou, China – January 10, 2018 Police in Guizhou announced the destruction of 7,488 bottles of fake Moutai that has been seized throughout the year from fake Moutai workshops throughout the cities and provinces of Beijing, Chongqing, Zhejang, Hunan, Guizhou and Renhuai. In March of 2016 the local police became aware of an ongoing enterprise…
Washington D.C. – December 26, 2017 The Tax Cut Bill included an amendment that would give tax credits to wineries. The Craft Beverage Modernization Act, which was a stand-alone Bill that had support Congressional Support over the years and always failed to pass. Offered as an Amendment to the comprehensive Tax Cut and Jobs Act…
