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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.
16 February 2015
16.02.15 - Hughie Byrne of Hughie's Bar, Church Street, Kingscourt, Cavan, was successfully prosecuted for selling counterfeit vodka recently.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12 February 2015
12.02.15 - Police seized 1,900 cigarettes and 26 tobacco pouches from a premises on Blackfriars Road, Wisbech, yesterday.
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.
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.
Membership with the ACG is the best way to work with government and enforcement bodies to protect your brand. Our Roadshows and training days help you reach out to police, trading standards and border force officers and tell them about your genuine products.