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Latest News - 2015

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...flood of dangerous counterfeit olive oil

21 March 2015

21.03.15 - British shoppers have been warned to beware of counterfeit olive oil – as criminal gangs exploit a disastrous Italian harvest by selling potentially dangerous bootleg bottles.

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Sennhesier counterfeiter convicted by UK court

19 March 2015

19.03.15 - An online trader caught selling counterfeit Sennhesier singing microphone products has been convicted by a UK court. The verdict was given late last month, after the 31-year old trader from Cricklewood, London was caught selling fake Sennheiser proucts online. The perpetrator admitted selling the counterfeit items with a total value of €235,000 to more than 7,000 online customers via Amazon.

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Derby shopkeeper Sarkaut Ali jailed

19 March 2015

19.03.15 - A SHOPKEEPER from Derby who continued selling counterfeit cigarettes from his store despite being raided repeatedly by trading standards officers has been jailed for 36 weeks. Sarkaut Ali, of Cavendish Court, Derby, had shown a "blatant disregard" for public protection laws, said Judge William Hart. Iraqi-born Ali, 34, admitted fourteen offences against the Trademarks Act and 17 offences against the Consumer Protection Act at Gloucester Crown Court.

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Prison warning over dangerous fake booze

19 March 2015

19.03.15 - A warning has been issued to shopkeepers buying illicit alcohol from ‘the proverbial white van man', which could cause blindness and even death.

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Market trader fined for selling counterfeit ...

18 March 2015

18.03.15 - A market trader from Talbot Green who sold counterfeit designer baseball caps and smoking paraphernalia in a Rhondda town has been fined.

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Pub landlord 'who sold dangerous anti-freeze vodka'

18 March 2015

18.03.15 - Sukhdev Singh Gill could face criminal charges after allegedly selling counterfeit Kommissar vodka spiked with potentially lethal chemicals.

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Trading Standards crackdown on counterfeit goods

17 March 2015

17.03.15 - A trader has been fined £1,533 for selling counterfeit Nike trainers at Dagenham Sunday Market, thanks to the work of Trading Standards Officers.

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Lytham company accused of selling fake designer goods

17 March 2015

17.03.15 - A Lytham company and its directors accused of offences involving having fake designer goods for sale has had the first hearing of the case at court.

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Gold rings worth £22,000 seized at Dover's docks

17 March 2015

17.03.15 - Border Force officers at the inward freight controls at Dover's Eastern Docks have seized gold rings weighing 2.5 kilos and with a value of £22,000. The rings, which carry a variety of suspected to be counterfeit designer logos including Mercedes, Dolce & Gabbana and Armani, were discovered in the late evening of Saturday 14 March when officers stopped and searched a Romanian-registered lorry and its load of electrodes

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