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			<title>Dubai Customs seize 80 heroin capsules</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two passengers caught attempting to smuggle capsules through airport hidden in their stomachs.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai cracks down on counterfeit trade at Dragon Mart</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Counterfeit trade in the UAE has soared this year due to economic crisis, officials say.]]></description>
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			<title>What lies beneath: Contraband</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Smugglers constantly try to bring drugs, explosives and millions of counterfeit goods into Dubai. Melissa Sleiman meets the people at Dubai Customs who fight them.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Customs seeks advice from UK</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The two sides are planning to strengthen the sharing of information and conduct joint training.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai customs foil heroin smuggling plot</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A plot to smuggle 16kg of heroin through Dubai International Airport has been thwarted.]]></description>
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			<title>Paperless shipments debut in Middle East</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The ground-breaking e-freight initiative, spearheaded by industry body IATA, has arrived in the Middle East, with the first paperless shipments being delivered between Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and London on 4th November.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Customs sets up special drugs taskforce</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[120-strong team will be deployed at every entry point into emirate to help tackle illegal trade. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Customs recovers $14mn in fees</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Big increase in number of fraud and smuggling cases handled by audit department.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobile lab set to boost customs crackdown</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New kit commissioned to help identify dangerous, suspicious objects at airport.]]></description>
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			<title>1.6kg of heroin seized at Dubai airport</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two smugglers caught by customs, latest in string of drug busts at major transit hub.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Customs backs 3% VAT</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Official recommendation to federal gov't for tax level at bottom of 3-5% scale quoted by officials.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE faces VAT as early as Jan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gov't planning to introduce tax in Q1, but final decision on timing yet to be made, official says.]]></description>
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			<title>Fake goods in firing line </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai Customs issues tough new guidelines to combat rising tide of counterfeit and pirated products.]]></description>
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			<title>VAT to 'raise standards of living'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Introduction of value added tax will only strengthen economy, Dubai Customs official says.]]></description>
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			<title>Expat exodus if UAE rolls out taxes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[POLL: Over 65% say they could leave Emirates as introduction of VAT will lead to further taxes.]]></description>
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			<title>Entire GCC to impose VAT within 5 years</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE expects to introduce value added tax sometime in 2009, Dubai Customs executive director says.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE ready for VAT by year-end</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Structure for emirates-wide value added tax in place by December, says Dubai Customs.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai axes customs duties </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Duties on cement and steel lifted 'until further notice' in move to control rising costs for materials.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Customs goes paperless with supply chain partners</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai Customs has vowed to simplify its operations with a paperless clearance system.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai adopts global paperless cargo initiative</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As part of a global initiative to reduce paperwork in the air cargo supply chain, a number of key regional airfreight and logistics players have signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai Customs to increase the use of electronic correspondence.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Counterfeit culture</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Millions of dollars worth of illicit goods make their way around the world via a complex trading route.]]></description>
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			<title>Congestion zone</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Traffic congestion may be an everyday part of Middle Eastern life but is it becoming a major business problem? ]]></description>
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			<title>Out with the old, and in with the new</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Michael Grose, Partner, Clyde & Co looks at the hottest topics that will be at the forefront of the legal profession in the region this year.]]></description>
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			<title>VAT at least a year away</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Study on tax has entered second phase, but introduction is not imminent, Dubai Customs says.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE denies fake drug claims</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ministry dismisses World Health Organisation claims that counterfeit medicines are being re-exported from Dubai.]]></description>
			<category>Healthcare | News</category>
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			<title>UAE could impose broad taxes within a year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Studies into value added tax (VAT) are in advanced stages with charges likely to begin in 2008.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai seizes record heroin haul</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Customs inspectors confiscate 47kg of heroin in biggest ever drug smuggling attempt at Dubai Airport.]]></description>
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			<title>Authorities seize $5.4mn of fake drugs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai Customs confiscates counterfeit sexual stimulants and sedative drugs in one of region's largest busts.]]></description>
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			<title>Firms call for crackdown on fake drugs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical firms demand tighter regulations on medicines imported into Dubai after fake drugs seizure.]]></description>
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			<title>Counterfeit clampdown affects logistics industry </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE authorities have urged the logistics industry to become more proactive in fighting counterfeit crime, following a series of high profile raids throughout the emirates.]]></description>
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