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Latest News - 2016

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Former Ipswich shopkeeper caught with dangerous and counterfeit ciggies at two town stores

16 May 2016

16.05.16 - Akam Abdullah, of Highfield Road, Ipswich, pleaded guilty to nine offences relating to Baltic Mini Market in Felixstowe Road and Cost Price in Foxhall Road when he appeared before South East Suffolk Magistrates' Court.

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Counterfeit cigarettes flooding Britain contain 500 TIMES as much killer toxin

14 May 2016

14.05.16 - Smokers looking for a bargain are being warned that bogus brands have alarmingly high levels of the heavy metal cadium.

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Essex County Council gettting on top of counterfeit traders

14 May 2016

14.05.16 - ESSEX County Council feel they are in a better position than ever in dealing with counterfeit sellers.

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Newport counterfeit clothing seller sentenced

14 May 2016

14.05.16 - Michele Brady, 51, used her living room and upstairs bedroom of her house in Jellicoe Close to store hundreds of boxes of the counterfeit products, which she then sold over Facebook.

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5 men sentenced in £600k counterfeit tobacco tax fraud

13 May 2016

13.05.16 - Four gang members were arrested following an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) operation in 2012, which tracked their illegal activities across the West Midlands and Milton Keynes. One of the four, along with a fifth man, was then caught reoffending while on bail in 2016.

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Colwyn Bay shopkeeper jailed after discovery of counterfeit goods

13 May 2016

13.06.17 - A Colwyn Bay shopkeeper whose convenience store sold goods for Slovakians and eastern Europeans has been jailed for 120 days after trading standards officers and police dogs discovered hidden illicit tobacco products worth thousands of pounds.

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Record amount of counterfeit Viagra seized

12 May 2016

12.05.16 - From 2014 to 2015 the MHRA seized fake Viagra valued at £3,890,516 from a yearly total of counterfeit drugs of £8,696,067. From 2015 to 2016 this had tripled to £11,205,342, making up 90% of counterfeit drugs seized that year.

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Thousands of counterfeit cigarettes seized in Heanor

11 May 2016

11.05.16 - Officers from the Heanor and Loscoe Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team joined Derbyshire County Council Trading Standards Officers for the operation on Friday, May 6 as part of an ongoing joint initiative by Derbyshire police and Derbyshire trading standards to target the sale of illicit tobacco in the county.

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Retailer ordered to pay more than £100k in counterfeit goods case

10 May 2016

10.05.16 - Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Musejee was ordered to pay back £100,000 after the Court determined that he had made this sum from his criminal activity. If the amount is not paid within three months, Musejee faces a prison sentence of two years in default. He must also pay £3,000 in costs.

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IPO launches new IP Enforcement 2020 Strategy

10 May 2016

10.05.16 - This strategy sets out how the government will make effective, proportionate and accessible enforcement of IP rights a priority for the next four years. The UK has been independently assessed as a world leader in enforcement. To deliver all this we will continue to work with our domestic and international partners from industry, law enforcement and government, to address the multiple and growing challenges posed by IP infringement and counterfeiting.

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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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