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Latest News - Cigarettes & tobacco

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Sentenced! Man who helped operate tobacco counterfeiting plant

17 June 2016

17.06.16 - Officers found that the men had rented adjoining units to set up a sophisticated tobacco counterfeiting and distribution plant, using raw leaf tobacco.

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100s of Glasgow shops & pubs involved in counterfeit tobacco trade which funds terror groups

10 June 2016

10.06.16 - Counterfeit products often come in packaging which is identical to leading brands but experts can identify whether they are fakes by checking serial numbers.

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The dangers of bagging a bargain

25 May 2016

25.05.16 - Fake goods are made in unregulated environments, without regard for health and safety regulations, so it's impossible to know what's in them. It's one thing for your counterfeit designer jacket to shed some stitches but quite another to be put in serious danger through no fault of your own.

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Travellers could face prosecution if they bring counterfeit goods into the country

20 May 2016

20.05.16 - Holidaymakers are being warned not to bring fake alcohol, make-up, electrical goods or other counterfeit items into Scotland when returning from trips abroad.

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Former Ipswich shopkeeper caught with dangerous and counterfeit ciggies at two town stores

16 May 2016

16.05.16 - Akam Abdullah, of Highfield Road, Ipswich, pleaded guilty to nine offences relating to Baltic Mini Market in Felixstowe Road and Cost Price in Foxhall Road when he appeared before South East Suffolk Magistrates' Court.

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Counterfeit cigarettes flooding Britain contain 500 TIMES as much killer toxin

14 May 2016

14.05.16 - Smokers looking for a bargain are being warned that bogus brands have alarmingly high levels of the heavy metal cadium.

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5 men sentenced in £600k counterfeit tobacco tax fraud

13 May 2016

13.05.16 - Four gang members were arrested following an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) operation in 2012, which tracked their illegal activities across the West Midlands and Milton Keynes. One of the four, along with a fifth man, was then caught reoffending while on bail in 2016.

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Colwyn Bay shopkeeper jailed after discovery of counterfeit goods

13 May 2016

13.06.17 - A Colwyn Bay shopkeeper whose convenience store sold goods for Slovakians and eastern Europeans has been jailed for 120 days after trading standards officers and police dogs discovered hidden illicit tobacco products worth thousands of pounds.

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Thousands of counterfeit cigarettes seized in Heanor

11 May 2016

11.05.16 - Officers from the Heanor and Loscoe Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team joined Derbyshire County Council Trading Standards Officers for the operation on Friday, May 6 as part of an ongoing joint initiative by Derbyshire police and Derbyshire trading standards to target the sale of illicit tobacco in the county.

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Retailer ordered to pay more than £100k in counterfeit goods case

10 May 2016

10.05.16 - Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Musejee was ordered to pay back £100,000 after the Court determined that he had made this sum from his criminal activity. If the amount is not paid within three months, Musejee faces a prison sentence of two years in default. He must also pay £3,000 in costs.

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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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