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Latest News - 2016

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€120,000 worth of counterfeit goods seized in Limerick

04 December 2016

04.12.16 - Almost 650 pairs of counterfeit shoes as well as handbags, perfume and aftershave has been seized by gardaí in Limerick.

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Fraudster who sold counterfeit T-shirts is fined £70k

03 December 2016

03.12.16 - In November 2013, officers visited McDonald's home, where they found a garden shed set up as a small factory with printing equipment, T-shirts and computers.

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Dover Border Force meet the brands

02 December 2016

2.11.16 ACG visited Dover Border Force yesterday to deliver a training session with ten brand members. The brands exhibited and demonstrated genuine and counterfeit goods to more than 45 Border Force officers who attending the event.

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Brand & transport leaders sign historic declaration to stop maritime shipping of counterfeit goods

30 November 2016

30.11.16- Leaders from global shipping firms, freight forwarders, brand owners - whose products are counterfeited - and industry organisations representing both industries signed a joint " Declaration of Intent to Prevent the Maritime Transport of Counterfeit Goods " today in Brussels. It marks the first time the global shipping industry and brand owners have made a public commitment to work together to stop the transport of counterfeit goods on shipping vessels.

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Electronic cigarette explodes in patient's mouth

28 November 2016

9.10.16 - A TOP plastic surgeon has issued a stark warning over the use of e-cigarettes after hearing reports of them exploding in people's mouths – leaving them with injuries similar to those of a gun shot wound. Swansea Trading Standards officer David Picken added: “These chargers have not been constructed to the correct safety standards and are often counterfeit.

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Boxset bandit feels full force of the law

28 November 2016

28.11.16 - Criminal empire shut down and owner fined!

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Border Force training at Felixstowe

25 November 2016

25.11.16 The Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) visited Felixstowe port on Wednesday 16 November to meet Border Force officers and provide training on spotting counterfeit products.

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Twickenham hosts ACG's IP Roadshow

25 November 2016

25.11.16 Around 80 enforcement officers from Trading Standards, Border Force and the police joined ACG members in Twickenham yesterday for the last Intellectual Property (IP) Roadshow of 2016.

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Making a Black Friday list? Check it twice

22 November 2016

22.11.16 A new investigation carried out by Electrical Safety First reveals that an estimated nine million UK consumers have purchased a fake electrical product as a Christmas gift in the past. As this Black Friday's retail bonanza marks the start of the Christmas shopping season, the Charity is reminding people to ‘spot the fake' when looking to buy electrical items.

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Traders sign pledge to stop dangerous & illegal counterfeit goods

22 November 2016

22.11.16 - Traders at Leighton Buzzard's Tuesday Market are on the look-out for illegal and possibly dangerous goods on sale. They've signed an agreement with the council in the run-up to Christmas, to stop fakes being sold.

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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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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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