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Latest News - 2015

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Record seizures of fake food & drink

16 February 2015

16.02.15 - Thousands of tonnes of fake and sub-standard food and drink have been seized in 47 countries around the world as part of an INTERPOL-Europol coordinated operation.

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Counterfeit vodka – Hughie's Bar prosecuted

16 February 2015

16.02.15 - Hughie Byrne of Hughie's Bar, Church Street, Kingscourt, Cavan, was successfully prosecuted for selling counterfeit vodka recently.

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£75,000 of illegal tobacco seized by Kent Trading Standards

16 February 2015

16.02.15 - Smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco, valued together at nearly £75,000, have been seized by KCC Trading Standards officer in raids on seven shops in north Kent.

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Organised crime 'deeply involved in counterfeit trade'

15 February 2015

15.02.15 - The illicit trade in counterfeit tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals in the UK is increasingly being run by organised crime networks, says a new report.

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1/3 of cigs smoked in South Shields are counterfeit...

13 February 2015

13.02.15 - MORE than a third of cigarettes smoked in South Shields are counterfeit or were bought outside the UK, a study has revealed. The scale of the problem emerged after researchers collected empty cigarette packets from the town's streets and bins as part of national survey.

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PIPCU suspends more than 2,000 illegal websites...

13 February 2015

13.02.15 - The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has suspended more than 2,000 websites selling fake luxury goods since the New Year. The sites disrupted by the City of London Police unit were selling well-known high end goods including fashion brands Burberry, Longchamp, Abercrombie and Oakley and jewellery designers Tiffany & Co and Thomas Sabo. However, the items being sold were far from the desired brands that were advertised and were in fact just cheap and inferior counterfeits. The websites sold a wide range of items from the luxury brands including clothes, handbags, sunglasses, shoes and jewellery.

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Police warn over online fraud from fake shopping websites

13 February 2015

13.02.15 - Everyone loves an online bargain, but buying cheap goods could be a false economy, with poor-quality materials and increased risk of financial scams.

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1,900 counterfeit cigarettes seized in Wisbech raid

12 February 2015

12.02.15 - Police seized 1,900 cigarettes and 26 tobacco pouches from a premises on Blackfriars Road, Wisbech, yesterday.

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... jailed for 16 weeks and fined £27k

12 February 2015

12.02.15 - Tredegar man who sold counterfeit iPhone earphones jailed for 16 weeks and fined £27k. Lloyd Alexander Williams, who sold more than 12,000 counterfeit earphones over a two year period, operated a business on eBay.

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Police hunting drugs gang uncover counterfeit goods

12 February 2015

12.02.15 - Police hunting a drugs gang stumbled across a hoard of counterfeit goods near Tamworth.

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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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