Central London trader jailed

After an exhaustive undercover operation, by TRAP partners Surelock, Westminster Trading Standards secured the conviction of 22 year old Kashif Haq. During the raid on Haq’s store in Trocadero more than £100k of counterfeit product was seized including music merchandise and dangerous toys and electrical products. Before passing a 13 month sentence at Blackfriars Crown Court Judge Shetty,…

TRAP serves millionth takedown

In the battle against online merchandise piracy, over One Million Copyright & Trademark Notices of Infringement have been issued by TRAP’s anti piracy team with up to 50 items per report being removed. This pro-active initiative has resulted in the removal of goods worth an estimated 39 million pounds and the suspension of 27,394 seller…