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Trader sentenced for selling counterfeit England World Cup shirts...

10 August 2016

10.08.16 - A total of 620 counterfeit England replica shirts were seized along with 146 other counterfeit products, including Ray-Ban sunglasses, T25 fitness programmes and Alpinestar motorcycle gloves.

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Dangerous counterfeit goods seized by police

08 August 2016

08.08.16 - Among the items seized from the “dodgy traders” were 15 electrical products deemed to pose a fire risk – including travel adapters and phone chargers. A further 45 counterfeit items, including phones, sunglasses, cigarette lighters and belt buckles, were also confiscated.

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Designer or fake? Newcastle knock-off clothing worth £36,000 seized in Byker

04 August 2016

04.08.16 - Complete with genuine-looking branding and logos, these clothes look the real deal. But the knock-off jeans and t-shirts are part of a stash of fake designer goods worth £36,000 seized in Newcastle.

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More than £200,000 of counterfeit products seized donated to charity

04 August 2016

04.08.16 - The haul includes clothing, sunglasses, trainers, handbags, DVDs, moneyboxes, ash trays and mugs.

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Ryton woman sentenced for selling counterfeit fashion

21 July 2016

21.07.16 - Faye McCann of Edendale, Ryton in Gateshead, was sentenced to 4 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay costs of £500 and a victim surcharge of £80 at Gateshead Magistrate's Court in a case brought by Gateshead Trading Standards.

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ACG meet Tom Duke - UK IP Attaché to China

18 July 2016

12.07.16 - Tom outlined his work in China; running government-to-government central policies across IP, supporting British companies to operate in China and advising on how to achieve better IP outcomes...

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Shopkeepers caught selling counterfeit cigarettes could face prison

18 July 2016

18.07.16 - Trading Standards set up a pop-up unit in the town centre on Friday to tackle the growing problem of bootlegged cigarettes and tobacco.

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Leicestershire CC warning: absolutely no legitimate way to sell counterfeit goods - action will be taken!

16 July 2016

16.07.16 - A stark warning has been issued to retailers across Leicestershire after it was found many believed they weren't breaking the law by dealing in openly described dodgy merchandise.

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Lorry driver caught in counterfeit clothes racket

11 July 2016

11.07.16 - A Brierley Hill lorry driver's name and address was used by the organiser of a sophisticated operation that brought fake designer clothing into the UK, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

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Conwy Trading Standards Team win ACG Award

11 July 2016

11.07.16 - Conwy's Trading Standards Team were nominated for their work on the first case in Wales looking at a Fulfilment house.

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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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