Ink pin is a combination of an anti-shoplifting EAS tag and a Benefit Denial ink tag. Ink pin is an economical, ultra lightweight tag. Its small, yet highly visible design and stronger defeat-resistant clutch offer an attractive solution for soft goods protection. Ink tags incorporates breaker plate dispersion pad to dispense ink and remove the shoplifting motive by rendering stolen merchandise useless or unsellable if the tag is removed through unauthorized force. Ink tag contains an unfreezable, non-toxic, aggressive permanent ink that will permanently damage a garment, thereby denying the benefit of shoplifting.