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Latest News - Organised crime

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Redditch man fined for selling counterfeit football shirts

23 September 2019

The football kits included those for England, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal.

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Former Matean Market owner caught selling counterfeit cigarettes

19 September 2019

Hazhar Merahmad, the former owner of Matean Market in Cowley, has been fined more than £6,500 after pleading guilty to 10 offences concerning the supply of illegal tobacco.

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East Staffordshire counterfeit tobacco seller imprisoned

13 September 2019

An ongoing operation by Staffordshire Trading Standards to combat the sale of illicit and counterfeit tobacco has secured a conviction following the seizure of a quantity of cigarettes and rolling tobacco.

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Police raid North Staffordshire house and find six-thousand counterfeit goods in the shed

13 September 2019

Fraudster Steven Bowler has been rumbled after selling more than 11,500 pieces of counterfeit golfing equipment on eBay - worth a total of £175,000.

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Multi-agency raid in Birmingham disrupts manufacture of counterfeit products

28 August 2019

Tens of thousands of illegally manufactured branded labels and hundreds of finished garments were seized in a raid yesterday at a factory in Handsworth, Birmingham.

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Counterfeit goods postmaster ordered to pay back £750,000 or face five more years in prison

21 August 2019

The court accepted that in total, the business had generated £1.75 million in illegal turnover.

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ACG recognise work of North Lanarkshire TS Officer

09 August 2019

On Tuesday 6 August Phil Lewis, ACG Director General travelled to Motherwell in Scotland to present Anne Marie Spalding with an ACG Award for excellence in anti-counterfeiting enforcement.

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Fake designer goods seized from Salisbury home

07 August 2019

These included designer clothing, designer handbags, shoes, trainers, accessories and jewellery, cigarettes, headphones, and perfume.

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Barber hit with fine for flogging counterfeit designer gear

19 July 2019

The court heard how she used Facebook to advertise hooky Vivienne Westwood, Hugo Boss, and Michael Kors gear.

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Trading standards bust shop for selling counterfeit fags

18 July 2019

Trading Standards raided Pound Castle after receiving several tip-offs about the sale of 'illegal' fags and under-age sales from the business.

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