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Latest News - 2018

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Company ordered to pay £37k for distributing counterfeit clothing from Hertfordshire warehouse

30 January 2018

Recorder Tipples QC ordered the confiscation of company cash and assets, totalling £37,338 which had been restrained by Hertfordshire Trading Standards, under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. She also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of over 10,000 units of clothing and footwear.

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Counterfeit goods seized in London's West End

29 January 2018

Westminster Trading Standards found hundreds of illegal knock-offs in London's West End, which retailers passed off as the real deal to unsuspecting buyers.

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Sentence for couple selling fake Batman and Superman clothes on Amazon

26 January 2018

The merchandise - that also infringed other trademarks belonging to Disney such as Mickey Mouse - prompted an investigation by Stockport council , police and US film studio Warner Brothers.

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Sentence for fraudster who tried to con retailer out of more than £4,000

24 January 2018

Phillips attempted to twice get refunds by sending back to retailers fake goods.

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Counterfeit benzodiazepines warning

24 January 2018

The number of deaths from sleeping pills has increased to more than one a week, figures showed, with 63 recorded in 2015.

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Counterfeit clothes seller from Newport forced to hand over goods worth more than £65,000

24 January 2018

Alireza Balmeh sold clothing purporting to be by major brands including Fred Perry, Hugo Boss and Calvin Klein, while trading as Yes Clearance from an address in Newport.

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Sentenced: Man who had 430 counterfeit items worth £40,000

23 January 2018

The fake goods included GHD straighteners, Rolex watches, Mac make-up, and Nike and Ralph Lauren clothing, and officers worked with the trademark holders to confirm the items were counterfeit.

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Trading Standards seize its most dangerous products at London Gateway port

20 January 2018

Glass kettles contained counterfeit fuses which did not comply with the British safety standards.

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Wisbech shop staff Nazhad Fatihi and Hadi Rafiq fined for selling counterfeit cigarettes

19 January 2018

Shop workers ordered to pay £7,785 in fines between them.

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