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It's the most wonderful time of the year — especially for Scammers!

27 November 2015

27.11.15 - Watch out for bogus websites selling counterfeit branded goods and charging genuine prices and be cautious of very low price offers. For links to genuine retailers visit: https://www.brand-i.org/ which is a shopping directory supported by the Trading Standards Institute, so you know it's a reliable source of information.

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Good advice from Which? when buying on-line

26 November 2015

26.11.15 - Which? is urging consumers to avoid fraudulent websites, as well as fake and counterfeit products, ahead of frenzied Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales shopping.

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How to tell counterfeit from genuine items on Black Friday

26 November 2015

26.11.15 - Last year, over one million people found they had bought a counterfeit.

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Counterfeit goods seized at Bescot Market, Walsall

24 November 2015

24.11.15 - Walsall Council trading standards officers and Walsall Police swooped to seize the equivalent of a 20 foot container full of fake goods from four stalls at Bescot market during a visit on Sunday, November 15.

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Counterfeit Disney toys seized in black market crackdown

23 November 2015

23.11.15 - Ireland's booming Christmas black market is now worth more than €500m.

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Police in pre-Christmas crackdown on counterfeit goods as £2m of fake designer goods seized

20 November 2015

20.11.15 - Knock-off clothing, bags and trainers were recovered when police swooped on a business unit in the Strangeways area at 7.30am on Friday morning.A man was also detained by immigration officers and will now be questioned in custody, police said.

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Crime groups currently working in rackets including drugs, prostitution, money laundering, tobacco smuggling, counterfeit goods and extortion, in the Glasgow area

18 November 2015

18.11.15 - A CRIME-BUSTING police squad have claimed to have stopped Glasgow gangsters from getting their hands on more than £5 million in business contracts.

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Counterfeit goods destroyed after Grimsby & Cleethorpes raids

16 November 2015

16.11.15 - "Not only are you putting money into the hands of criminals by purchasing fake goods, but you are also potentially putting the lives of loved ones at risk and stealing from the original rights holders."

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Netherton off licence faces closed after being caught selling counterfeit vodka

14 November 2015

14.11.15 - A Netherton off licence faces closure after it was found selling counterfeit vodka and the manager was discovered to be an illegal immigrant.

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The Sun exposes crooks who run warehouse of counterfeit goods in Manchester

09 November 2015

09.11.15 - SULTANS of Bling Shahbad and Shahid Khan show off their Aladdin's cave of designer gear – yet everything inside their glittering secret superstore is FAKE.

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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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