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07 January 2016
07.01.16 - tobacco and more than 1,000 litres of illicit beer and vodka, which contained toxic methanol 150 times the legal limit, were discovered.
06 January 2016
06.01.16 - At corner shops, in car washes, and in transactions outside tube stations, people are buying and selling untaxed cigarettes smuggled into the country by organised criminal networks. In the worst instances, counterfeit cigarettes are pumped full of anything from rat droppings, to human faeces.
06 January 2016
06.01.16 - Police said around 1000 members of crime groups are currently working in rackets including drugs, prostitution, money laundering, tobacco smuggling, counterfeit goods and extortion, in the Glasgow area.
06 January 2016
06.01.16 - A STORE has been stripped of its alcohol licence after two seizures of counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes in just three months.
05 January 2016
05.01.16 - Senior staff and the company that owned a convenience store will have to pay out thousands of pounds for offences including the under-age sale of alcohol and possessing counterfeit tobacco.
17 December 2015
17.12.15 - Tobacco smugglers are putting legitimate shops - and their workers - at risk by encouraging smokers to turn to black market cigarettes sold at a cut rate.
15 December 2015
15.12.15 - Garda, Revenue and Customs target criminals in ‘Christmas rush' of counterfeit items.
15 December 2015
15.12.15 - North Lincolnshire Council's Trading Standards Team and Humberside Police carried out raids on three shops on Frodingham Road in Scunthorpe in September 2014 where they found illicit tobacco and counterfeit cigarettes.
14 December 2015
14.12.15 - Internal wiring and fusing in counterfeit branded hair dryers was so cheap that in tests, the product overheated. Fake electrical items often don't have a thermal cut off, so when they over heat they catch fire. This happened in our tests.
14 December 2015
14.12.15 - A Bognor Regis man who sold fake designer goods on Facebook and from the back of his car has been ordered to pay more than £2,600 and serve a 10 week curfew.
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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.