Tax Stamps, Authentication & Traceability

Illicit trade in tobacco, alcohol and other excisable goods costs governments billions in lost revenue every year. Reconnaissance International has followed the tax stamp and authentication sector since our founding in 1988, tracking the technologies, programmes and policy developments that help governments secure excise revenue and give consumers and brand owners the tools to verify what is genuine — serving tax authorities, security printers, technology suppliers and brand protection professionals worldwide.

Tax Stamp & Authentication News™ is our dedicated title for the sector, covering tax stamp programmes, track-and-trace systems, product authentication technology and the fight against illicit trade. It is the publication tax authorities and their supply chains turn to first.

We bring the sector together in person through our own conference portfolio — most notably the Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum, alongside the Security Designers Forum, Optical & Digital Document Security and our High Security Printing series across Asia and EMEA.

For teams who need structured reference data rather than news, DataVault Tax Stamps is our specialist research platform — the only comprehensive source of data on global tax stamp and traceability programmes. And where clients need more than information, our consultancy team provides market research, competitive intelligence and government advisory work drawing on the same first-hand knowledge that underpins our publications and events.