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Latest News - 2015

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ACG's response: EU Commission Customs Report on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement at EU borders

09 November 2015

The UK Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG), which represents companies with over 2,700 international brands, welcomes this most recent report by the European Commission on EU Customs' action to enforce IPR rights at EU borders in 2014...

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HMRC officials seized cigarette making machines, counterfeit tobacco and arrested nine men

08 November 2015

08.11.15 - Officers searched four properties and seized machinery deemed capable of filling 150 packets of counterfeit cigarettes per minute, potentially evading approximately £1m in duty per day.

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Owner of two Consett bars fined £10,000 for selling dodgy counterfeit vodka

07 November 2015

07.11.15 - Sukhdev Singh Gill was in charge of the Coach and Horses pub and Chaplains when more than 300 bottles of counterfeit vodka were seized.

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Trader prosecuted for selling counterfeit goods at car boot sale

05 November 2015

04.11.15 - Dorset County Council's trading standards officers seized 215 items from the trader at the sale held at Farmer Palmer's Farm Park, near Wareham.

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Undercover team find counterfeit cigarettes during crackdown in Stoke on Trent

05 November 2015

05.11.15 - During this week's crackdown, the team of investigators snapped up about 58 packets of cigarettes and 12 pouches of tobacco.

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UK's first Fake Shop reveals danger of counterfeit goods

04 November 2015

04.11.15 - The Fake Shop contains examples of counterfeit and even dangerous products.

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Discover the ugly truth behind the counterfeit goods trade

03 November 2015

03.11.15 - To mark National Consumer Week, (November 2-6, 2015), Devon & Somerset Trading Standards Service has joined forces with consumer protection and social hardship charity, Impact Planet and ‘ASTOP', who specialise in transforming empty shops into charitable and educational experiences, to highlight the dangers of buying counterfeit goods.

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Woman supplies counterfeit cigarettes from ice cream van outside primary school

03 November 2015

03.11.15 - Trading standards officers were also sold counterfeit packets of Mayfair cigarettes from Meale's employees, Andrew Allison, 47, of Teesdale Walk, Shildon, and his son Kyle Allison, 25, of Redworth Road, Shildon, when the van was parked outside Oakley Cross School, West Auckland, in January.

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Devizes market trader sentenced for selling counterfeit chargers

03 November 2015

03.11.15 - Trading standards also found about 45 sets of headphones and bottles of perfume which were also counterfeit.

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Twenty-one people arrested after organised crime raids in Edinburgh

31 October 2015

31.10.15 - "Organised crime preys on the decent hardworking people within our communities through different methods - be it drugs, counterfeit goods or even violence and intimidation and we have worked closely with local officers to reassure the public that Edinburgh is no safe haven for criminals."

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About ACG

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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