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Call to stamp out sale of counterfeit goods on social media sites

09 March 2017

09.03.17 - A whistleblower wants authorities to stamp out sales of illegal cigarettes, booze and fake designer brands on social media in Spalding.

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Public warned to be wary of counterfeit electrical goods

05 January 2017

05.01.17 - TRADING standards officers have issued a timely warning to members of the public to stay vigilant for dodgy devices and chargers. With countless mobile phones, tablets and games consoles given as gifts or snapped up in the festive sales, many households across Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire will have new electrical items.

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Fake goods seized before sale on social media

28 December 2016

28.12.16 - Sales shoppers are being warned to be on alert after fake goods being sold by traders using Facebook and Instagram were seized during a series of raids.

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Two Burton shopkeepers have licences suspended over counterfeit goods

26 December 2016

26.12.16 - Jagpal's Food Store and O'Satsuma have both received temporary suspensions, after their premises were raided by Trading Standards inspectors, who found counterfeit alcohol on Jaqpal's premises and counterfeit tobacco on O'Satsuma's premises, during the inspections.

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Belts, bags and 'Paco Rabanne' among £30,000 counterfeit goods seized at market.

23 December 2016

23.12.16 - The operation followed tip-offs to Walsall Council that ‘fake goods' were regularly sold at the popular Beskot Market.

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Warning to shoppers - don't fund crime & buy fake gifts off Facebook following £6,500 haul

21 December 2016

21.12.16 - They seized bags, clothes, footwear and hair straighteners - suspected fake versions of items from 13 top brands - the raid was part of a national operation with the Anti-Counterfeiting Group and Humberside Police.

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Safety fears over counterfeit children's trainers

21 December 2016

21.12.16 - Beware cheap branded goods. That is the message from Nottinghamshire Trading Standards after officers seized hundreds of potentially unsafe and counterfeit items from a site in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

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Counterfeit handbags, clothes and jewellery worth more than £2m seized in Christmas crackdown

21 December 2016

21.12.16 - The raids were part of an ongoing enforcement operation in the Strangeways area of Manchester, a former garment district dubbed Britain's knock-off capital. Council chiefs, police and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group are working together as part of the crackdown.

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Counterfeit goods, tempting danger

17 December 2016

17.12.16 - As Christmas approaches, there are more counterfeit goods on the street than at any other time of year. But they could damage both your pocket and your person.

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More than £2 million worth of counterfeit goods have been seized in Cornwall since April

16 December 2016

16.12.16 - Both Devon and Cornwall Police and Cornwall Trading Standards have been cracking down on people selling fake designer items on social media such as Facebook.

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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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