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27 December 2017
A former Freeman Street shop owner has been convicted of trading in illegal cigarettes including knock off Mayfair and Richmond brands.
27 December 2017
Overall, 4,797 items of mobile accessories were taken from four premises in Bridge Road, including 3,300 counterfeit batteries which are now being examined for safety reasons.
26 December 2017
Graham Mogg, of the UK Anti-Counterfeiting Group, said officers netted more than 120,000 fake products last Christmas, "a proportion of which was heading for Welsh consumers".
26 December 2017
If it sounds too good to be true, it's probably fake. That's the advice of Cumbria Trading Standards Service, which says there are four key indicators of counterfeit goods and they're warning sales shoppers to be savvy about their spending. While cheap prices are attractive, it's the first sign of a fake and potentially dangerous product.
24 December 2017
Also among the 8,000 items seized by trading standards officers earlier this year were London bus toys, fake Beats headphones and phone chargers that could spontaneously burst into flames.
23 December 2017
How buying fake designer goods can help modern slavery and gangsters whose other activities involve ‘a pump action shotgun, dum-dum bullets and amphetamines’
22 December 2017
Trading Standards officers from Westminster County Council and ACG members took to the streets under 'Operation Tango' in November and December to target traders selling potentially dangerous goods to Christmas shoppers.
20 December 2017
‘Naïve’ shop owner Abdulla Qadir has been hit with a court fine after he sold illegal cigarettes from a secret cabinet. The 37-year-old was running Milano Mini Market in Boughey Road, Shelton, when it was raided by Trading Standards.
19 December 2017
At one location, drugs with a street value of more than £2.7 million were found along with a "mobile drug production laboratory" in a van which had a hydraulic press, moulds and bulking agents inside.
19 December 2017
Police swooped on the Greenhills property as part of a joint operation with Trading Standards.
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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.
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.