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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 tobacco found under floorboards, inside a speaker & a fridge!

17 November 2015

17.11.15 - Hackney Trading Standards carried out inspections at six premises including a Kebab shop.

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Warning to N London smokers after £10k of 'dangerous' counterfeit tobacco seized in Tottenham

16 November 2015

15.11.15 - “When you buy counterfeit tobacco, you are also buying product manufactured and distributed by cross-border organised crime, so you're ultimately putting money into the pockets of the sort of international gangsters who are also trafficking people and dangerous drugs."

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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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UK's first Fake Shop reveals danger of counterfeit goods

04 November 2015

04.11.15 - The Fake Shop contains examples of counterfeit and even dangerous products.

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Twenty-one people arrested after organised crime raids in Edinburgh

31 October 2015

31.10.15 - "Organised crime preys on the decent hardworking people within our communities through different methods - be it drugs, counterfeit goods or even violence and intimidation and we have worked closely with local officers to reassure the public that Edinburgh is no safe haven for criminals."

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Our pictures show shocking extent of the dangerous counterfeit tobacco trade in Scotland's biggest city

19 October 2015

19.10.15 - Although sales are carried out by small-time operators, the trade is backed by serious organised crime channelling huge consignments of illicit products through Scots ports – funding other types of serious crime with the profits.

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Counterfeit fags factory shut down after Croydon Council finds tobacco worth £500,000 in 'biggest ever' seizure

14 October 2015

14.10.15 - Six officers from the Croydon trading standards team, backed by police, found some 4,600 50g packets of bogus Golden Virginia rolling tobacco during a swoop on the production plant.

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Annual IP crime report: 2014 to 2015

24 September 2015

24.09.15 - The report highlights the current and emerging threats surrounding counterfeiting and piracy, including those conducted via the internet.

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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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