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Fake designer goods worth £1.5m seized in raids around Strangeways

22 December 2015

22.12.15 - Officers also found dangerous counterfeit electrical goods such as hair straighteners and headphones.

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Gardai conducted a planned search of a lock up on Dublin's Meath Street & house in Drimnagh

22 December 2015

22.12.15 - The raids were made as part of Operation Thor, and were carried out as a result of intelligence received by gardai.

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Museum of Counterfeits of Ukraine Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (UAACP)

21 December 2015

10.12.15 - On December 10, 2015 the Ukraine's first permanent exhibition of the Museum of Counterfeits of Ukraine Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (UAACP) was opened in the premises of the Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine

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4 sentenced over “major operation” to sell counterfeit goods at Staffordshire markets

17 December 2015

17.12.15 - Staffordshire County Council's trading standards team led a regional investigation following an initial discovery of fake goods at a car boot sale in Lichfield. Further information led them to a secure storage unit in Birmingham in December 2013 where a £1.5m haul of counterfeit goods was found.

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On trail of traders aiming to make €150m from counterfeit goods

15 December 2015

15.12.15 - Garda, Revenue and Customs target criminals in ‘Christmas rush' of counterfeit items.

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Last minute present Buying? Don't be caught by Christmas Counterfeits

14 December 2015

14.12.15 - Internal wiring and fusing in counterfeit branded hair dryers was so cheap that in tests, the product overheated. Fake electrical items often don't have a thermal cut off, so when they over heat they catch fire. This happened in our tests.

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The economic cost of IPR infringement in the toys and games sector

14 December 2015

14.12.15 - The economic cost of IPR infringement in the toys and games sector study looks into direct and indirect industry revenue losses and job losses due to the presence of counterfeit products, as well as their impact on public finance.

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Christmas curfew & fine for Bognor Regis man who sold counterfeit goods on Facebook

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.

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Minister hails counterfeiting crackdown on social media a success

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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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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