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		<title>Newcastle CC Seizes Fakes Worth £1.5m</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the ITVX website, a haul of counterfeit goods totalling a street value of £1.5 million has been seized by Newcastle City Council Trading Standards.

The goods were found in a self-storage facility after a tip-off from the UK Border Force.]]></description>
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		<title>UK Stops £500m Fake Goods Arriving</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported on the International Business Times website, UK borders have intercepted counterfeit goods worth over £500 million, mainly from China, Hong Kong, and Turkey.

According to the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO), counterfeiters are now prioritising high-value goods rather than mass-market fakes.]]></description>
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		<title>Counterfeiting Operation Smashed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Kent County Council website, a significant counterfeiting operation has been dismantled at a Dartford business park.

Following a tip-off, Trading Standards officers and Kent Police seized a substantial quantity of goods, including branded clothing, fragrances and cosmetics.]]></description>
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		<title>Shopkeeper Sold Fakes Worth £150k</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC News website reveals that a man was running a shop in Manchester selling up to £150,000 of fake designer goods including counterfeit Chanel handbags.

Hamza Ali Ahmed was arrested after a raid discovered 1,500 fake football shirts, clothes and accessories at Retro Menswear.]]></description>
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		<title>LV &#8216;Most Counterfeited&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Fakes Seized At Appleby Horse Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Market Trader&#8217;s £21k Counterfeits Haul</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 22:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>£6m Fakes Seized</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 11:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Fakes Seized In Liverpool</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Trading Standards Seize Fakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Perth &#038; 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.]]></description>
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