Overview
- A FICCI CASCADE seminar in Hyderabad brought together lawmakers, customs and police officials, industry leaders and consumer groups to present a unified assessment and set of recommendations.
- Speakers warned that counterfeiting and smuggling now threaten consumer safety, legitimate businesses, innovation and national development.
- Customs and police officials called for intelligence-led enforcement and tighter border controls as the primary means to disrupt smuggling networks.
- Experts urged greater inter-agency intelligence sharing, adoption of technology such as tracking and data analytics, and public awareness campaigns to complement enforcement.
- The event produced coordinated policy recommendations but no new laws or operational measures, with stakeholders saying national coordination and implementation must follow.