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Latest News - 2015

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Unpaid work for Clacton man selling fake cigarettes in his Colchester shop

10 June 2015

10.06.15 - Essex Police and Trading Standards officers raided the Geylanii shop in St Botolph's Street, Colchester, in October and December 2014.

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Woman fined £9k after admitting selling fake make-up & jewellery on eBay

09 June 2015

09.06.15 - Anne le Bron appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court this morning where she admitted six charges of applying to goods packaging/a sign identical to or likely to be mistaken for a registered trade mark.

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Sniffer dogs find 1000s of counterfeit cigarettes in Liverpool shops

09 June 2015

09.06.15 - Acting on tip-offs from the public, Liverpool Council's Alcohol and Tobacco Unit (ATU) found the illicit stashes at two shops in the Picton area of the city.

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100s of counterfeit packets & illegal cigs hidden under shop floor

09 June 2015

09.06.15 - Dana Soliq Mustafa's shop was raided last August :: Stack of egg boxes had also been hollowed out and was picked out by sniffer dogs.

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£330K worth of counterfeit trainers to be recycled in N. Lincs

08 June 2015

08.06.15 - North Lincolnshire Council Trading Standards last month seized over 11,700 pairs of counterfeit ‘Nike Air Max 90' trainers from the Humber Sea Terminal, which are now going to be recycled.

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Man jailed for selling illicit cigarettes back behind bars for failing to repay criminal earnings

02 June 2015

02.06.15 - An ex-greengrocer who sold thousands of illicit cigarettes from professional display cabinets in his home is back behind bars after failing to hand over criminal earnings of more than £200,000.

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Roles and Responsibilities of Intermediaries

01 June 2015

01.06.15 - The BASCAP paper on 'Roles and Responsibilities of Intermediaries: Fighting counterfeiting and piracy in the supply chain' sets out steps that intermediaries can take to help eliminate global supply chain vulnerabilities that allow infiltration of counterfeit and pirated products.

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200,000 counterfeit cigs seized by Doncaster Council

01 June 2015

01.06.15 - Doncaster Council seized more than 200,000 illicit cigarettes and 80 kg of rolling tobacco in the past year. bosses have revealed.

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Shoppers get fakes warning in Glasgow

30 May 2015

30.05.15 - The Scottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group in association with Police Scotland (safer Communities/Interventions) put on a display for the locals at the Clydebank Shopping Centre just outside Glasgow; also at local schools and Clydebank College warning them of the dangers of buying fakes.

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Oldham Council helps tackle Russian counterfeit crime gang

29 May 2015

29.05.15 - Officers from Oldham Council have helped tackle a Russian crime gang suspected of planning significant profits from counterfeit music and films.

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