Juri Frolov from Derbyshire was prosecuted in September 2023 after an investigation that lasted 4 years. TRAP partners Surelock were instrumental in providing evidence and worked with local trading standards. During initial raids merchandise featuring Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Linkin Park, Katy Perry, Pink Floyd was found alongside other counterfeit branded goods. At Derby Combined…
Camden Training Day results in thousands of counterfeit products being seized
TRAP Partner Surelock’s Brand Protection Team working together with Camden Trading Standards and the dedicated Security Team for Stables Market carried out a training session to educate on possible infringements of potential counterfeit goods being sold.This training was followed with a tour of the market, visiting 17 premises where thousands of counterfeits were taken off…
Warning to Christmas shoppers after £1 million of counterfeit goods seized in north London raids
Christmas shoppers are being urged against buying bargain designer products as gifts, after police seized an estimated £1 million worth of counterfeit goods during raids on Camden High Street, north London. Approximately 4,000 counterfeit items were seized from four shops on 12 December 2023 by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of…
£5M of Counterfeit goods seized in Camden Raid
Trademark & Rights Owners Against Piracy (TRAP)’s agents, Surelock, were instrumental in an important action against the sale of counterfeit product in Camden last month. After an extensive covert reconnaissance of Camden Town that had been carried out by Surelock in March, a major counterfeit problem in the area was identified & local trading standards were…
Seven years to get justice
On Wednesday 2 March 2016 Surelock working on behalf of TRAP travelled to Ireland where working alongside The Garda made various seizures in an around the Dublin area. The largest seizure of the day was one of One Direction merchandise in the home town on Nial Horan (of One Direction) where the following was seized…
Counterfeiter facing jail
After pleading guilty to fraudulently selling an estimated £250k worth of counterfeit goods, Johanna Donnelly of Norwich has been given 3 months to repay £140k. If the money remains unpaid, she will serve 5 months in prison in addition to the 150 hours of community service and an enforced 10 days of rehab she was…
London Store Raided
Working together with City of Westminster Trading Standards, TRAP’s Brand Protection Team, Surelock , raided an iconic store in the heart of Central London selling many fake music artists T-shirts. Among the artists that had their Intellectual Property used without their consent were The Who, The Beatles, The The Smiths, Motorhead, Madness, Blur, Stone Roses,…
Justice after decade long investigation
After almost a decade, a serial copyright infringer has finally been fined at Liverpool Crown Court. Stephen Carroll, the sole proprietor of T-Shirt Subway was fined £11,000 after the jury was told that on several occasions he was contacted by Trading Standards and warned that his activities were illegal; warnings that were later ignored. Had…
Bradford Family ordered to pay £1,500,000
LARGEST COUNTERFEITING CASE EVER UNDERTAKEN BY WEST YORKSHIRE TRADING STANDARDS TRAP partners Surelock were heavily involved in bringing Five members of an extended family, Amar, Yasir, Qaisar and Faisal Choudry of Bradford and their brother-in-law Mudasar Alishan to Court. The family were ordered to pay £1.5M or face jail sentences. The case was brought by…
TRAP featured in the UK Government’s 2020-2021 report on IP Crime
This year TRAP’s contribution to UK GOVs IP crime report highlighted the shocking news that in the year 2020-2021 we had to action our two millionth take down from e-commerce platforms. Full report can be read here