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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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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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Operation sees £1 million of counterfeit items seized

16 December 2016

16.12.16 - The operation is the latest phase of Operation Jasper, a long running campaign co-ordinated by the National Markets Group and Trading Standards, with the aim of tackling the sale of unsafe counterfeit goods on social media.

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Man ran ‘global counterfeit operation' from his garage

09 December 2016

09.12.16 - Michael White (47) from Ballymartin Road, Templepatrick, ordered fake Ford car accessories from China and sold them on eBay to customers around the world.

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Counterfeit goods trader to be sentenced

09 December 2016

09.12.16 - Anthony Grey, who ran TG Supplies from his home in Shapwick Close, carried on selling clothes with false trademarks even after listings on an auction site had been removed because they were fakes, the town's magistrates were told.

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Fraudster who sold counterfeit T-shirts is fined £70k

03 December 2016

03.12.16 - In November 2013, officers visited McDonald's home, where they found a garden shed set up as a small factory with printing equipment, T-shirts and computers.

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£17bn of fake goods 'costing tens of thousands of British jobs'

22 November 2016

22.11.16 - The rise of online shopping has bolstered the counterfeit economy, with UK consumers now twice as likely to see fakes on sale online as they were a year ago, according to new data released by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) and online brand specialist NetNames.

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Counterfeit alcohol can cause 'breathing difficulties, liver damage & blindness'

21 November 2016

21.11.16 - Revenue are urging the public to be weary of counterfeit goods in the run up to Christmas and stressed that some offers really are too good to be true.

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Action to seize assets of gang selling counterfeits

18 November 2016

18.11.16 - Three con artists who sold thousands of fake garments including One Direction tops over eBay face a three-week court hearing to seize their assets. The gang sold thousands of shirts and hooded tops, mostly bearing counterfeit logos for the boy band, over three years.

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Don't risk getting a criminal record for selling fake goods

11 October 2016

11.10.16 - Plymouth City Council's Trading Standards Team are warning people not to risk selling counterfeit goods for extra money before Christmas after a number of seizures in the city.

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