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Market trader sentenced for selling counterfeit goods in New Covent Garden Market

15 March 2016

15.03.16 - Qamar Shahzad, from Wellesey Road, Ilford, admitted to 12 offences of selling counterfeit items at the Sunday market, including a fake Tiffany-style necklace.

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Wolverhampton pub 'at the heart of an organised crime drug ring' has licence suspended

11 March 2016

10.03.16 - Organised crime & counterfeit goods go hand in hand: crack cocaine, digital scales and several bags and wraps of cannabis were found in the bar and toilets. Yesterday's licensing sub-committee heard that the air was pungent with cannabis when around 40 officers with sniffer dogs arrived. They also uncovered £800 of herbal cannabis in the upstairs living quarters and cannabis production equipment in the cellar. Some 35 pouches of Golden Virginia tobacco and six large bottles of vodka, thought to be contraband, along with suspected counterfeit clothing was also found. Four people were arrested.

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Dangerous counterfeit toys could have 'choked a young child' seized in Harrow

09 March 2016

09.03.16 - Trading Standards officers seized the toys after spotting them during spot checks on stalls in central Harrow and tracked down the supplier, Dashmesh Company Ltd, and its director Jalinder Ahuja.

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Marc Elliott from Rhondda sold counterfeit goods from a van outside his home

08 March 2016

08.03.16 - A shower gel from a fake Chanel gift set was found to contain ingredients not listed on the labelling, which would be harmful to someone allergic to them.

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UKIPO attachés have helped protect ‘£440m' of IP assets

02 March 2016

02.03.16 - New figures released today point to the outstanding work of the IPO's attachés – based in China, Brazil, South East Asia, and India – who have now advised more than 14,000 UK businesses operating overseas.

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Trader prosecuted for selling counterfeit goods

01 March 2016

01.03.16 - A 62 year old Penpedairheol resident has pleaded guilty to 14 separate charges relating to the sale of counterfeit items and perfumes, following a Caerphilly Trading Standards investigation.

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Eight arrested in Manchester multi-agency operation

26 February 2016

26.02.16 - Trading Standards removed counterfeit goods worth estimated £2m from 11 premises.

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Man tried to sell £10,000 of counterfeit goods from his car in A90 lay-by

25 February 2016

25.02.16 - Terence Crook appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday to be sentenced having previously admitted trying to cash in on the counterfeit goods.

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Counterfeit fags & dodgy stamps uncovered in St Helens shops

23 February 2016

23.02.16 - More than half of 17 retailers found to be selling illegal products in surprise inspections.

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Man bailed in counterfeit airbag investigation

19 February 2016

19.02.16 - A man who was arrested by officers from the City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit [PIPCU] in connection with an investigation into the online sale of counterfeit airbags has been released on bail.

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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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