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Latest News - Organised crime

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Fake goods epidemic with one in three buying counterfeits when shopping online

07 February 2019

The Mirror can reveal the shocking scale of the fake goods trade - with millions of Brits buying potentially dangerous counterfeit items online.

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Fake Xanax: Anxiety drug deaths an 'escalating crisis'

04 February 2019

Joe McCrisken says he is signing off an alprazolam-related death nearly once a week. He says "most of the deaths" are caused by counterfeit versions of Xanax, the brand name for the drug alprazolam.

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Result! Thousands of counterfeit and unsafe goods seized

18 January 2019

A joint operation between the National Trading Standards Regional Investigations Team Central England, Birmingham Trading Standards, West Midlands Police and partners including the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG), the National Markets Group (NMG) and brand representatives, has resulted in the seizure of £2.5 million worth of counterfeit and unsafe products including clothing, jewellery and cosmetics.

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Huge £2.5 MILLION haul of fake and 'unsafe' Chanel, Armarni and GHD products seized

18 January 2019

It took officers two days to clear out Digbeth warehouse full of counterfeit perfumes, clothes and footwear

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Counterfeit Marvel and Disney goods seized at Edinburgh Airport and Grangemouth Docks

09 January 2019

Counterfeit goods leave customers out of pocket with inferior and possibly dangerous products.

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We went shopping in Strangeways, and here's what we got...

05 January 2019

The shops are constantly raided by police and trading standards - with £2.5m worth of fake goods seized in the latest bust.

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ACG appear on BBC News

24 December 2018

ACG appeared on the 6 o'clock and the 10 o'clock News on Sunday 23 December to highlight the problem of counterfeit goods which are flooding UK towns and cities.

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Cannabis and counterfeit clothes seized from Walsall's Bescot Market

17 December 2018

Bags of cannabis and hundreds of suspected fake clothes, trainers, perfume and jewellery were seized in a pre-Christmas raid on a Walsall market.

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Warning! 1000s of counterfeit goods seized by UK Border Force - and how to spot them

12 December 2018

Border Force seized millions of fake electronics, dodgy designer clothes and counterfeit football shirts last year and the products can be dangerous

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About ACG

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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Membership with the ACG is the best way to work with government and enforcement bodies to protect your brand. Our Roadshows and training days help you reach out to police, trading standards and border force officers and tell them about your genuine products.

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