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Counterfeit football kits trader from Saltburn jailed

03 January 2018

Christopher Smith used sales websites Gumtree and Shpock as well as Facebook to sell the £20 strips which he imported from China.

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Christmas crackdown on '100 traders selling fake goods'

26 December 2017

Graham Mogg, of the UK Anti-Counterfeiting Group, said officers netted more than 120,000 fake products last Christmas, "a proportion of which was heading for Welsh consumers".

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Heading for the Boxing Day sales? Know your rights...

26 December 2017

If it sounds too good to be true, it's probably fake. That's the advice of Cumbria Trading Standards Service, which says there are four key indicators of counterfeit goods and they're warning sales shoppers to be savvy about their spending. While cheap prices are attractive, it's the first sign of a fake and potentially dangerous product.

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Man who sold fake Rolex watches jailed

14 December 2017

Terrance Donovan (58), of Griffiths Court, Peterborough sold the fake goods on websites including eBay and Amazon for up to £250.

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Christmas shoppers in West Dunbartonshire warned over buying counterfeit gifts

14 December 2017

As more and more Christmas shopping is done online, shoppers are being warned to make sure online sites are legitimate...

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Raid on Boston address leads to large haul of counterfeit goods

14 December 2017

Information from the public about items offered for sale on a Facebook page has led to goods being seized from a Boston address by Trading Standards.

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Warning over must-have Christmas toy counterfeits as parents are duped by 'discounts'

13 December 2017

The CTSI told The Telegraph :"Christmas can be a stressful time of year, full of pressures to buy the latest must have toys. Stock shortages can send desperate parents into the arms of counterfeit traders with cheap, potentially dangerous fakes.

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Aldridge couple face jail for selling toxic Disney dolls

13 December 2017

Some of the fake dolls had chemical compound levels more than 2,000 times the legal limit.

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Facebook criticised over failure to stop counterfeit designer goods being sold online

08 December 2017

An undercover investigation by BBC South East discovered that even after they had received fake goods ordered off the forum and reported it to Facebook the sellers were still continuing to operate.

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The killer Christmas toys heading for UK markets - and how to spot them

07 December 2017

A visit to a grotty grotto of toys seized by Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Trading Standards revealed just how dangerous some of the toys are currently heading to the UK.

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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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