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Latest News - 2015

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Sniffer dog finds counterfeit tobacco hidden in wheelie bin

24 July 2015

24.07.15 - Trading standards officers raided Zaynes News, Great Cheetham Street East, Higher Broughton, Salford, checking for counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco.

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Greengrocer used £20K illegal & counterfeit cigarette to pay his workers

21 July 2015

21.07.15 - The 62-year-old admitted charges of possessing goods with a false trade mark for sale and possessing for supply goods prohibited by safety regulations when he appeared at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court.

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National ACG award for counterfeit pilot project

21 July 2015

21.07.15 - A partnership between North Lanarkshire Council's Trading Standards team and Police Scotland has received a national counterfeiting award.

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Raid nets large illegal fags & counterfeit tobacco haul

21 July 2015

21.07.15 - Co-ordinated raids on 12 shops in Luton have uncovered a large haul in illegal cigarettes.

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Fined: Birmingham man who sold counterfeit Chelsea & Spurs goods outside Wembley Stadium

21 July 2015

21.07.15 -David Cunningham, 48, travelled from his home in Birmingham, to flog the fake Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC pin badges to unsuspecting football fans.

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Warning over fake designer goods sold online

18 July 2015

18.07.15 - Anti-fraud officers have advised shoppers to always be suspicious of designer products being sold at heavily discount prices. In many cases the items received are cheap and inferior imitations.

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Glasgow sees surge in steroid users seeking help

18 July 2015

18.07.15 - After analysing some of the products commonly seen on the internet, Professor Baker found a large number to be counterfeit including ones which contained a mix of olive oil and aftershave.

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Woman put on electronic tag for selling fake designer clothes & illicit tobacco

17 July 2015

17.07.15 - A woman who set up her home as a shop to sell fake designer goods and cigarettes has been put on tag by the courts. Kelly Marie Pearson held thousands of pounds worth of counterfeit stock at her Barrington Crescent home in Thorntree.

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Fake Louis Vuitton bags and Ray Ban sunglasses seized in raids

17 July 2015

17.07.15 - The Traders are yet to be prosecuted by Enfield council.

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127 Wonky Wonka bars found in Dundee shop

15 July 2015

15.07.15 - The bizarre haul — based on the treats made famous in Roald Dahl's book and later films — were among more than £1,000 worth of fake goods confiscated in the city in the last couple of years.

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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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