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Latest News - 2015

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Stourbridge man in court over £260K fake clothing racket

01 May 2015

01.05.15 - Ian Guy pleaded guilty to seven charges linked to a business run from the garage of his home that sold counterfeit T-shirts world wide.

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Illegal cigarettes and stamps found in Dudley raid

01 May 2015

01.05.15 - Four properties in the town were searched by trading standards officers and police following a tip off about the illegal supply of tobacco. A total of 5,340 illicit and counterfeit cigarettes, 25 packs of tobacco and 1,873 suspected counterfeit first class stamps were seized.

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Counterfeit goods & organised crime go hand in hand

01 May 2015

01.05.15 - ...The remainder of the value is made up of cash and goods seized through warrant searches, ranging from drugs to counterfeit goods and weapons.

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Counterfeit goods produced in the EU on the rise

29 April 2015

29.04.15 - Today sees the release of the first extensive and in-depth situation report on counterfeit goods in the EU, which is the result of a joint project by EU agencies Europol and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights.

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Sniffer dogs help find 60K illicit & counterfeit cigs/tobacco

29 April 2015

29.04.15 - Sniffer dogs help to uncover more than 60,000 illicit cigarettes.

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students benefit from £1000's equipment seized during raid

28 April 2015

28.04.15 - DMU students benefit from thousands of pounds of equipment seized during raid on counterfeit clothing company.

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Counterfeit tobacco sniffed out in Wolverhampton raids

25 April 2015

25.04.15 - tashed away in secret compartments, hidden under trap doors, stored in deep freezers – just some of the lengths shopkeepers are going to to hide illegal cigarettes from the watchful eyes of the law.

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...undercover sting in Great Yarmouth

24 April 2015

24.04.15 - In just a matter of hours a team of undercover buyers were able to get their hands on a haul of counterfeit packets and pouches after targeting shops and pubs in Yarmouth and Gorleston.

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Shop owner pleads guilty

23 April 2015

23.04.15 - Aram Ramadan, 32, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay a £100 fine for selling counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco worth £11,000 in the Lavant Store, in Montague Street, Worthing.

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100's of packs of counterfeit cigarettes found

22 April 2015

22.01.15 - A supermarket boss has been fined £2,000 after hundreds of packs of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco were found at his shop.

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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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