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08 June 2016
08.06.16 - DIE-hard England fans are funding drugs, sex gangs and people trafficking ops by buying cheap shirts at Euro 2016. It's believed illegal shirt trade is funding drug-runners, people smugglers and vice gangs because these are the people who control the counterfeiting operations in places like China and Turkey.
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.
14 May 2016
14.05.16 - ESSEX County Council feel they are in a better position than ever in dealing with counterfeit sellers.
14 May 2016
14.05.16 - Michele Brady, 51, used her living room and upstairs bedroom of her house in Jellicoe Close to store hundreds of boxes of the counterfeit products, which she then sold over Facebook.
13 May 2016
13.06.17 - A Colwyn Bay shopkeeper whose convenience store sold goods for Slovakians and eastern Europeans has been jailed for 120 days after trading standards officers and police dogs discovered hidden illicit tobacco products worth thousands of pounds.
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.
10 May 2016
10.05.16 - Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Musejee was ordered to pay back £100,000 after the Court determined that he had made this sum from his criminal activity. If the amount is not paid within three months, Musejee faces a prison sentence of two years in default. He must also pay £3,000 in costs.
06 May 2016
06.05.16 - A Bristol businessman who sold counterfeit t-shirts featuring popular bands such as Motorhead, the Ramones and Blur was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday 5 May. Andrew Minter, 55, of High Street, Wickwar, was found guilty of counterfeiting offences involving online sales of over 1,600 t-shirts bearing artwork for a number of well-known bands.
26 April 2016
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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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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.
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.