AACS combat the counterfeiting of distilled spirits brands worldwide and offer local support and anti-counterfeiting training https://www.aacs-global.com/counterfeiting-activities 2026-09-04T13:37:39+00:00 Alliance Against Counterfeit Spirits Website Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2021-01-18T15:39:59+00:00 2021-01-18T15:39:59+00:00 https://www.aacs-global.com/counterfeiting-activities/72-counterfeiting-activities Super User

<ul> <li>Refilling used bottles at the retail (On trade) level</li> <li>One- and two-man groups who specialise in refilling genuine branded bottles, a few cases a time, and supplying them to bars, shops and consumers at a local level</li> <li>Organised criminal gangs, with the funding and capabilities to operate on an industrial scale and trans-nationally, for whom spirits counterfeiting is just one of many criminal ventures (drugs, firearms, frauds, money-laundering)</li> <li>Suppliers who facilitate counterfeiting by supplying dry (bottles, caps, labels) and wet (spirit, flavourings etc.) goods (look alikes and true ‘fakes’)</li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #806f64;"><strong>AACS’s aim is to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">increase the actual risks and the perception of these risks in order to dissuade those currently involved and those who might be tempted to get involved</span></strong></span></p> <div class="span5"> <h2><span style="color: #32689b;">Routes to Consumer</span></h2> <img src="https://www.aacs-global.com/images/routes_to_consumer.png" alt="routes to consumer" width="750" height="582" style="padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px;" /></div> <div class="span6"> <h2><span style="color: #806f64;">Counterfeiting Examples</span></h2> <p>{loadmoduleid 126}</p> </div>

<ul> <li>Refilling used bottles at the retail (On trade) level</li> <li>One- and two-man groups who specialise in refilling genuine branded bottles, a few cases a time, and supplying them to bars, shops and consumers at a local level</li> <li>Organised criminal gangs, with the funding and capabilities to operate on an industrial scale and trans-nationally, for whom spirits counterfeiting is just one of many criminal ventures (drugs, firearms, frauds, money-laundering)</li> <li>Suppliers who facilitate counterfeiting by supplying dry (bottles, caps, labels) and wet (spirit, flavourings etc.) goods (look alikes and true ‘fakes’)</li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #806f64;"><strong>AACS’s aim is to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">increase the actual risks and the perception of these risks in order to dissuade those currently involved and those who might be tempted to get involved</span></strong></span></p> <div class="span5"> <h2><span style="color: #32689b;">Routes to Consumer</span></h2> <img src="https://www.aacs-global.com/images/routes_to_consumer.png" alt="routes to consumer" width="750" height="582" style="padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px;" /></div> <div class="span6"> <h2><span style="color: #806f64;">Counterfeiting Examples</span></h2> <p>{loadmoduleid 126}</p> </div>