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Latest News - 2015

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Counterfeit cigarettes & tobacco are funding organised crime. Make it your business to stop it!

03 August 2015

03.08.15 - Illegal, or illicit, tobacco is smuggled, bootlegged or counterfeit, sold cheaply and tax-free and often linked to large-scale organised crime.

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Online trader & prisons campaigner caught with stash of counterfeit clothes

03 August 2015

03.08.15 - Consumer watchdogs became suspicious when they spotted designer wear and sportswear being sold at particularly low prices, Pennine magistrates were told.

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Man fined after selling counterfeit DVDs in Purfleet

03 August 2015

27.07.15 - THURROCK Council's trading standards team secured a prosecution for selling counterfeit CDs and DVDs on Wednesday (22 June).

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Fears raised over rise in counterfeit booze & alcohol home delivery supplies in Liverpool

02 August 2015

02.08.15 - Fears that alcohol home delivery services could be making it easier for children in Liverpool to access beer, wine and spirits have been raised by licensing experts – who have also raised concerns about fake booze.

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Trader sentenced over 82,000 counterfeit tobacco haul

31 July 2015

31.07.15 - A trader who was caught selling counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco in East Street Market has been sentenced to a maximum of 12 months (suspended for two years).

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Trader guilty of trying to sell £21,000 worth of counterfeit cigarettes

30 July 2015

30.07.15 - A trader who sold more than 82,000 fake cigarettes out of a pull-along shopping trolley at a London market pleaded guilty to a string of offences.

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Legal highs including nitrous oxide canisters, poppers, gocaine & counterfeit goods seized in police crackdown

29 July 2015

29.07.15 - Greater Manchester Police visited 123 retailers across the city and seized thousands of substances.

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Convenience Store could lose licence for selling smuggled & counterfeit booze

29 July 2015

29.07.15 - Police officers and Trading Standards officers seized "duty diverted and smuggled" alcohol from the premises in May.

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The hackers using government websites to sell dodgy pills & counterfeit goods

29 July 2015

29.07.15 - Government websites are being hijacked by hackers who use them for the sale of counterfeit goods, including mental health drugs unlicensed in the UK.

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Chester shop was supplied with counterfeit branded mobile phone items

28 July 2015

28.07.15 - A trader who supplied a Chester shop with fake branded mobile phone accessories was found guilty at Chester Crown Court of nine offences relating to fraudulent trading, money laundering and selling and offering for sale counterfeit goods.

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ACG represents more than 3,000 brands affected by this influx of fakes into the UK and delivers an international network of information, advice and contacts on all aspects of IP protection. Working with Government and law enforcement agencies since 1980, ACG is focused on providing an effective and sustained response to counterfeiting.

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