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19 January 2017
19.01.17 - More than 47,000 counterfeit and potentially unsafe goods, including fake hoverboards, were seized at a shipping container yard off Bridge Road, Southall.
09 January 2017
09.01.17 - Halton Council suspects hundreds of residents are flogging dangerous fake items to their friends and families. Trading Standards officers have already seized £25,000 worth of counterfeit goods, including 25,000 cigarettes, 3.4kg of tobacco and 150 high value designer products as they step up their campaign to target social media sellers.
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.
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.
21 December 2016
21.12.16 - The pair had pleaded guilty in magistrates court in November following an investigation by Halton Borough Council's Trading Standards team.
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.
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.
07 December 2016
07.12.16 - Newport City Council has today launched a campaign to make the city free of fake and counterfeit goods and services.
07 December 2016
07.12.16 - Its Intellectual Property Enforcement Group has been working with officers from HMRC and inspected 28 premises across Fife for counterfeit and illicit tobacco.
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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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.