A Strangeways business has been fined almost £40,000 after being caught selling hundreds of fake designer handbags.
06
Feb
<h1 class="entry-title">Category: Counterfeit Clothing and Merchandise</h1>
27
Jan
Read Ron Harrison’s recent article published in The Professional Security Officer Magazine
Anti-Counterfeiting, combating the sale of fake and dangerous goods, how consumers are unintentionally supporting criminals by buying cheap low quality merchandise… see link below – pages 30 – 31 https://theprofessionalsecurityofficer.com/TPSO/Edition8/files/downloads/TPSO8.pdf
03
Jan
Fake goods found in the back of a seized car – Heading for Cheetham Hill
An uninsured driver was stopped by Police – initially the manner in which the car was being driven had aroused suspicion. Police then found multiple boxes of counterfeit goods in the boot. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/heading-cheetham-hill-haul-fake-19555090
16
Nov
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepts large counterfeit shipment in run up to holiday season, originating in China
The shipment of fake footwear, handbags, and textiles, worth over $9.3 million (had they been authentic) seized at the Dallas Fort Worth port of entry. Clothes and footwear seized in north England UK – The seizure, worth over £1 million was undertaken by Lancashire Council’s Trading Standards on storage units across the city of Manchester and […]
16
Nov
China cracks down on fake goods sold online and nabs online celebrity who made $10.2m from selling counterfeits
Since May China’s public security organs have solved more than 1,400 cases involving the sale of counterfeit items via the internet, this effort being part of a broader campaign Kunlun 2020 that was launched to target crimes involving drug & food safety and infringement of intellectual property rights. https://www.asiaone.com/china/china-cracks-down-fake-goods-sold-online-nabs-online-celebrity-who-made-102m-counterfeit
12
Nov
Another successful seizure of over £1 million of counterfeit clothing and shoes.
ACG members attended the raids with Lancashire County Council’s Trading Standards team and Police last week – Thursday 5th November, the police swooped on four unnamed premises to uncover around four lorry loads of illicit goods – the haul included counterfeit items relating to one of our clients – Under Armour… https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/over-1m-worth-fake-nike-19256848?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
11
Nov
Counterfeiting – a stable funding source for criminal groups & terrorist organisations.
Trade in counterfeit and pirated goods is on an upward trajectory with the explosion of e-commerce, accelerated by a lack of regulation in that arena, even more so by the current COVID-19 pandemic, which is tragically being exploited by criminal networks…
Experts call for Amazon to follow eBay in expanding authenticity service to combat fakes
Experts tell World Trademark Review that the eBay initiative is very positive and could work for all premium products and brands… https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/anti-counterfeiting/ebay-expands-authenticity-service-combat-fakes-experts-call-amazon-follow
25
Sep
Surelock working with Dublin Revenues (Customs) – Detention of Counterfeits
Really great to be working with the team at Dublin Revenue (Customs) who have been making regular detentions of our clients counterfeit goods coming into Ireland from China / Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and other ports – we are very grateful for your hard work – https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-rosslare-port-seizures-rise-18964647 #smuggling #counterfeits #brandprotection #thankyou
25
Sep
Surelock in Partnership – The Real Deal Campaign
Surelock are pleased to continue our sponsorship of the Real Deal, the theme of partnership in action underpins the Real Deal campaign, which, since its inception by the National Markets Group for IP Protection (NMG) in 2009, has been funded by IP rights owners and their representatives. In 2019-2020, these include: the BPI, the Industry […]