Category Archives: Counterfeit Brands
LV ‘Most Counterfeited’
According to the Fashion United website, a recent report has found that Louis Vuitton is the most counterfeited luxury brand.
Prada was the second most counterfeited luxury brand regarding handbags, with 14.42 percent of all Prada bags being flagged as “unidentified,” aka a fake.
read moreFakes Seized At Appleby Horse Fair
The BBC News website reports that counterfeit goods worth £38,000, have been seized at Appleby Horse Fair.
Fake Chanel, Ray Ban, Celine, Prada and Cartier shades were found at the Cumbrian fair’s market fields.
read moreMarket Trader’s £21k Counterfeits Haul
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.
read more£6m Fakes Seized
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.
read moreFakes Seized In Liverpool
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.
read moreTrading Standards Seize Fakes
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.
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