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07 February 2016
07.02.16 - A Daily Star Sunday investigation found dangerous copies of designer goods being flogged on markets across the UK in the run-up to February 14.
29 January 2016
012916 - Nigel Booth has been given a 12-week suspended prison term after being prosecuted for the second time for selling fake designer goods via Facebook.
22 January 2016
22.01.16 - More than 10,000 websites and 18,000 accounts were suspended for hawking counterfeit goods such as designer watch knock-offs, and Google blocked more than 12.5 million healthcare-related ads that included offering drugs that were approved for use or made claims that weren't properly supported.
19 January 2016
19.01.16 - The local Trading Standards team, working with the social media giant, has become the first in Scotland to take the step against a social media group.
17 January 2016
16.01.15 - Complaints about the sale of knock-off goods on the popular social networking site have soared 400 per cent since 2010.
08 January 2016
08.01.16 - Trading Standards officers said fake tobacco can contain highly dangerous ingredients such as cyanide, plastic, sand, insects and rat droppings.
17 December 2015
17.12.15 - A Yapton woman who sold fake branded goods on Facebook has been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling more than £2,700.
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.
14 December 2015
14.12.15 - Enforcement teams raided premises across the country last week as Operation Jasper, the UK's biggest crackdown on counterfeiting and piracy enabled through social media, entered its second phase.
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