This successful prosecution followed a covert operation by Surelock, working on behalf of TRAP .  Surelock identified eBay sites, made test purchases of our merchandise, then worked in association with South Gloucestershire Trading Standards to identify the offenders and raid the premises. A Wickwar man has been given a three-month curfew and ordered to repay nearly £25,000 after…

This successful prosecution followed a covert operation by Surelock, working on behalf of TRAP (Trade Mark and Rights Holders Against Piracy) identifying eBay sites and making test purchases of our clients’ counterfeit merchandise, then working  with Cornwall Trading Standards to identify the offender and raid the premises. David Scott trading as Bubble And Bling attended Bodmin…

Another successful prosecution followed a covert operation by TRAP partners Surelock to identify websites and making test purchases of counterfeit merchandise, then working  with Central Bedfordshire Trading Standards to identify the offender and raid the premises.  All printing equipment, four computers, presses, blanks and paperwork were seized. The main counterfeits being sold were 1D, Kiss, Nirvana,…

THREE people face jail for their part in an operation selling fake goods worth tens of thousands of pounds – including One Direction clothing. Kenneth Colley, aged 43, his former partner Anna Strzelecka, aged 39, and 45-year-old Jason Ross were part of a gang which offered counterfeit garments for sale on Ebay for three years.…

After 2 years of complicated negotiations with West Yorkshire Joint Trading Standards Service, West Yorkshire Police and HMRC and months of dedicated investigations, surveillance and test purchases, a raid took place in Bradford, West Yorkshire on Thursday 10th March 2016. Several addresses were raided uncovering a large print factory which was printing counterfeit T/shirts, caps, mugs and hooded…

Surelock representing TRAP amongst other clients, joined by a large number of Anti Counterfeit Group members assisted officers from Camden Council Trading Standards to carry out two days of enforcements in and around the Camden area. A market, six retail stores and numerous stalls were raided and van loads of counterfeit merchandise were seized. Surelock will continue their task…

A successful combined operation between of Guardia di Finanza and investigators tasked by TRAP members has led to the seizure of 62.000 fake calendars, 124 printing machines and 16 people being charged with crimes of counterfeiting and commercial fraud including tax fraud of more than 240,000 Euros Raids involved companies in provinces of Turin, Varese, Bologna and Rimini. Products…

A fraudster who sold £250,000 worth of fake T-shirts to buyers across the world from his garage in Stourbridge has been told by top judges that his two-year jail term was fully deserved. Ian Guy, aged 38, was jailed at Wolverhampton Crown Court on May 27 after he admitted fraudulent trading and six trademark offences.…

On Friday 19 November 2015, following reconnaissances made by TRAP partners Surelock and assisted by Camden Trading Standards, a major anti-counterfeit operation on three targeted retail stores in Camden High Street was carried out. More than 4,000 music branded teeshirts & sweatshirts were seized including One Direction, 5 SOS, Motorhead, Arctic Monkeys, Black Sabbath, Led…

TRAP alongside Westminster Trading Standards and a large Police support team have completed two days of intensive anti-counterfeit action, in and around London’s Leicester Square. Following painstaking reconnaissance and test purchasing, TRAP raided 9 retail outlets resulting in thousands of items of a counterfeit nature being seized.