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Latest News - Organised crime

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The dangers of bagging a bargain

25 May 2016

25.05.16 - Fake goods are made in unregulated environments, without regard for health and safety regulations, so it's impossible to know what's in them. It's one thing for your counterfeit designer jacket to shed some stitches but quite another to be put in serious danger through no fault of your own.

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Travellers could face prosecution if they bring counterfeit goods into the country

20 May 2016

20.05.16 - Holidaymakers are being warned not to bring fake alcohol, make-up, electrical goods or other counterfeit items into Scotland when returning from trips abroad.

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Record amount of counterfeit Viagra seized

12 May 2016

12.05.16 - From 2014 to 2015 the MHRA seized fake Viagra valued at £3,890,516 from a yearly total of counterfeit drugs of £8,696,067. From 2015 to 2016 this had tripled to £11,205,342, making up 90% of counterfeit drugs seized that year.

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Counterfeit cigarettes & tobacco worth £28,000 seized in raids across Burnley

06 May 2016

06.05.16 - ALMOST 6,000 packs of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco worth £28,000 have been seized in raids in Burnley. The swoop by Lancashire County Council Trading Standards officers, is the sixth so far this year and has been hailed by borough council leader, Cllr Mark Townsend as good news for health, the taxpayer and small shopkeepers.

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Counterfeit goods land Strangeways trader with a £13,000 bill

29 April 2016

29.04.16 - Ihsan Ashraf, of Strangeways-based Ashraf & Sons Limited, was hauled before the court after he was caught selling his wares in Stockport.

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On World IP Day 2016...

26 April 2016

...ACG & The British Brands Group help promote the value & importance of brands to the UK.

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Market trader sold counterfeit Adidas, Superdry & Ralph Lauren clothes

22 April 2016

22.04.16 - Abid Mohammed, 20, was investigated by trading standards officers who found he was selling 14 different fake branded items of clothing at the stall at Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells.

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Man jailed over counterfeit tobacco goods sold in Dewsbury sho

19 April 2016

19.04.16 - Leeds Crown Court heard on three occasions trading standards officers discovered counterfeit products on which duty had not been paid during visits to Global Groceries in Bradford Road in 2014.

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Police seize £1m counterfeit goods in huge Strangeways raid

13 April 2016

13.04.16 - Warrants were executed at around 14 premises at the heart of the former garment district - dubbed Britain's knock-off capital.

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Shopkeeper sold counterfeit cigarettes from secret stash behind counter

01 April 2016

01.04.16 - Karzan Mahmood was running International Supermarket, in Cobridge, when it was raided by Trading Standards last June.

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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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