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Latest News - 2016

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£17bn of fake goods 'costing tens of thousands of British jobs'

22 November 2016

22.11.16 - The rise of online shopping has bolstered the counterfeit economy, with UK consumers now twice as likely to see fakes on sale online as they were a year ago, according to new data released by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) and online brand specialist NetNames.

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Counterfeit alcohol can cause 'breathing difficulties, liver damage & blindness'

21 November 2016

21.11.16 - Revenue are urging the public to be weary of counterfeit goods in the run up to Christmas and stressed that some offers really are too good to be true.

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Harrow market trader fined for selling counterfeit designer goods

18 November 2016

18.11.16 - Nigina Akram, 38, of Edgware held hundreds of fake designer goods at her stall which included well-known brands such as Burberry and Chanel.

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Action to seize assets of gang selling counterfeits

18 November 2016

18.11.16 - Three con artists who sold thousands of fake garments including One Direction tops over eBay face a three-week court hearing to seize their assets. The gang sold thousands of shirts and hooded tops, mostly bearing counterfeit logos for the boy band, over three years.

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Does Stoke-on-Trent have a counterfeit cigarette crisis?

17 November 2016

29.10.16 - Smokers looking for a bargain might also wish to bear in mind that bogus brands tend to contain alarmingly high levels of the heavy metal cadmium. Often used in batteries and metal plating, cadmium can cause cancer as well as kidney failure and lung damage.

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Crawley woman sentenced for selling counterfeit goods

17 November 2016

17.11.16 - Lynsey Nelson, 33, of Perth Close, was sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after being found guilty of 18 counts of selling counterfeit goods.

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Facebook fake caught & sentenced

17 November 2016

17.11.16 - Lynsey Nelson was caught after West Sussex Trading Standards officers covertly bought a pair of UGG boots which were later confirmed to be counterfeit.

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British Brands Group Lecture - December 2016

15 November 2016

Never mind the quality, feel the personalisation. The future of retailing...

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Heathrow Border Force training to spot the fake

03 November 2016

2.1..16 ACG provided another successful training event at Heathrow airport today. Twelve ACG brand members used the opportunity to exhibit genuine and counterfeit products and demonstrate to Border Force officers the issues the brands face when tackling intellectual property crime.

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Counterfeit watch seller fined more than £1,000

31 October 2016

31.10.16 - A MARKET trader has pleaded guilty to 14 separate charges relating to the possession for sale of nearly 70 counterfeit watches and bracelets in Pontypool.

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