Category Archives: Counterfeit Brands

According to the Bury Mercury website, a man from west Suffolk has been sentenced for selling fake designer clothes at a market.

An investigation into John Cooper, who traded as John’s Menswear, was launched following the seizure of 768 clothing items from a stall at Bury St Edmunds market.

The BBC News website reports that an estimated £6m-worth of fake goods, including designer trainers, tech products, perfumes and contraband cigarettes, have been seized by police and trading standards officers in Rochdale.

The counterfeit goods were found in seven units and two men have been arrested.

As reported on the Liverpool Express website, a man has been arrested and suspected counterfeit clothing worth £80,000 was seized during a raid on a shop in Liverpool city centre.

It’s suspected that the items, branded with Adidas, Nike and The North Face logos, were fakes and being sold as legitimate products.

The Perth & Kinross Council website reports that the council’s Trading Standards team recently nearly 300 items of counterfeit clothing and handbags.

The products, all of very poor quality and with generic labels, were seized from a retail premises in Perth and will be destroyed.

The BBC News website reports that almost £400,000 worth of counterfeit goods have been seized, including vapes and headphones, from a business in Rotherham.

Electronic devices, counterfeit vapes, vape liquids and cartridges were discovered after information was provided by members of the public.

The This Is Money website reports that a UK tech company that cracks down on counterfeit handbags and jewellery is mulling a listing on the London Stock Exchange.

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