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Latest News - 2016

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ACG score a winning goal in Scotland

09 May 2016

The latest ACG IP Roadshow was held on 5 May 2016 at Celtic Football Club, Glasgow. More than 35 brands exhibited and nearly 100 delegates attended from the police, trading standards and customs.

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Wallsend businessman who supplied counterfeit 'screenwash' vodka to Consett pub owner could face jail

09 May 2016

09.05.16 - The court was told 148 bottles of Kommissar vodka were recovered from the Coach and Horses pub and 174 bottles from Chaplains, along with seven bottles of Crown vodka.

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Man in court for selling counterfeit Oakley sunglasses online

09 May 2016

09.05.16 - Darlington Magistrates' Court heard today (Monday, May 9) that Fergal Hague bought the sunglasses for £5 a pair off Ebay, then sold them on at £30 a pair after advertising them as genuine Oakleys.

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Counterfeit merchandiser sentenced thanks to Trading Standards investigation

06 May 2016

06.05.16 - A Bristol businessman who sold counterfeit t-shirts featuring popular bands such as Motorhead, the Ramones and Blur was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday 5 May. Andrew Minter, 55, of High Street, Wickwar, was found guilty of counterfeiting offences involving online sales of over 1,600 t-shirts bearing artwork for a number of well-known bands.

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Counterfeit cigarettes & tobacco worth £28,000 seized in raids across Burnley

06 May 2016

06.05.16 - ALMOST 6,000 packs of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco worth £28,000 have been seized in raids in Burnley. The swoop by Lancashire County Council Trading Standards officers, is the sixth so far this year and has been hailed by borough council leader, Cllr Mark Townsend as good news for health, the taxpayer and small shopkeepers.

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Killer counterfeit drug leaves 'two dead in Inverclyde'

30 April 2016

30.04.16 - DRUGS workers say that a killer batch of dodgy pills has claimed two lives in Inverclyde in the space of a week.

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Counterfeit goods land Strangeways trader with a £13,000 bill

29 April 2016

29.04.16 - Ihsan Ashraf, of Strangeways-based Ashraf & Sons Limited, was hauled before the court after he was caught selling his wares in Stockport.

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Blundering fraudster drove van with £20,000 of counterfeit goods straight into police raid

28 April 2016

28.04.16 - A bungling crook was caught with nearly £20,000 of counterfeit goods after he pulled up outside a house about to be raided by police. Derek Walker had piles of fake goods, including Ugg boots and Beats headphones, in the back of the white van when he arrived at the rural property in Keith.

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£10k-worth of counterfeit cigarettes seized in Atherstone

28 April 2016

28.04.16 - Police have urged local smokers to be on their guard after seizing £10,000-worth of what are believed to be counterfeit cigarettes from a car in Atherstone.

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On World IP Day 2016...

26 April 2016

...ACG & The British Brands Group help promote the value & importance of brands to the UK.

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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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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.

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