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Latest News - 2016

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Ebay seller ordered to pay £4,000 after selling counterfeit One Direction merchandise

12 April 2016

12.04.16 - The Court heard that Scott, who traded under the business name of Bubble & Bling, achieved a business turnover of around £120,000 in just two years, with about £20,000 being earned through the sale of illegal "One Direction" clothing. His products had been sold across the UK and as far afield as Singapore.

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Counterfeit DVDs shopkeeper has case adjourned to calculate loss to industry

12 April 2016

12.04.16 - A BRADFORD shopkeeper caught with counterfeit DVDs had his sentence adjourned at Bradford Crown Court today so that figures can be obtained to show how much he profited from his offending.

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£40,000 counterfeit goods dealer sentenced

08 April 2016

8.4.16 - A MORAY woman has been ordered to carry out 165 hours of unpaid work for the community after she admitted selling fake luxury goods.

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Thamesmead man fined £1k for selling counterfeit DVDs

08 April 2016

8.4.16 - Hussain Shaney Mahoney, of Southmere Drive, narrowly avoided a six-month jail sentence because of his previous convictions for counterfeiting.

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£3,000 bill for York shopkeeper who sold illegal & counterfeit tobacco

02 April 2016

02.04.16 - York magistrates sitting in Leeds heard that cigarettes sold at Kubus Mini Market in Front Street, Acomb, did not have the mandatory health warnings in English. They also heard that owner Halo Dilshad Rashid had a stash of counterfeit tobacco under the counter which he sold at a discount price.

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Shopkeeper sold counterfeit cigarettes from secret stash behind counter

01 April 2016

01.04.16 - Karzan Mahmood was running International Supermarket, in Cobridge, when it was raided by Trading Standards last June.

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17,000 empty, suspect counterfeit, tobacco pouches seized

01 April 2016

01.04.16 - TAX bosses have warned they will not tolerate the sale and supply illegal tobacco after seizing hundreds of thousands of pounds of illegal cigarettes from businesses across Lancashire.

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Largest ever seizures of counterfeit food & drink by Europol-Interpol

30 March 2016

30.03.16 - Operation Opson V, resulted in seizures ranging from nearly nine tonnes of counterfeit sugar contaminated with fertilizer in Khartoum, Sudan to Italian officers recovering more than 85 tonnes of olives which had been ‘painted' with copper sulphate solutions to enhance their colour.

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Market trader who sold counterfeit clothing ordered to pay £520

25 March 2016

25.03.16 - Bharat Rawji (55) of Melrose Street, off Catherine Street, Leicester, sold items featuring the bogus trademarks of well-known brands Superdry and Hugo Boss on his stall in the city, Leicester Magistrates' Court heard.

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Rogue shopkeeper told to pay £45k or face prison for selling counterfeit tobacco

25 March 2016

25.03.16 - An undercover officer from Blackpool Council's Trading Standards department had bought some rolling tobacco at the half price of legitimate tobacco.

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