After a successful conviction supported by TRAP, Manchester Crown Court proceeds of crime act hearing has passed judgement. The forger who sold thousands of items of fake One Direction merchandise has been ordered to pay the state his £140,000 ill-gotten gains. Gary Simpson worked as an amateur football club kitman and used equipment intended for…

Air Raid Clothing of Milton Keynes using the EBay seller name airraid-clearance was raided yesterday. Following weeks of observations and surveillance, TRAP partners Surelock concluded an investigations into the major eBay seller and raided under warrant with the Police and Milton Keynes Trading Standards, the screen print factory / warehouse which has been extremely busy…

Our partners Surelock, working with Westminster City Council Trading Standards and the Immigration Service, carried out a series of raids on retail outlets in Oxford Street, central London, seizing hundreds of counterfeit music artists’ merchandise and other products. One man was arrested and other prosecutions will follow.

22-year-old Hosein Vafaie has been sentenced to 11 weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months, for selling counterfeit clothing and accessories at a Chichester store following a seizure by West Sussex County Council Trading Standards. Vafaie, of Blenheim Place, Brighton, was prosecuted after selling the fake products, which bore well-known brands such as Cath Kidston…

In it’s continued efforts against those that sell counterfeit products, TRAP has had great success online with the help of both Ebay and Amazon’s copyright protection teams. As a trusted representative, TRAP polices marketplaces online on behalf of many copyright holders. Since December 2014, Ebay alone has helped TRAP remove 15,000 products posted by traders…

After another successful prosecution for Local Trading Standards, Surelock and TRAP members; a UK Couple were sentenced in Wolverhampton Crown Court. Goods were seized and accounts suggest that at least £180,000 worth of product manufactured by them was sold online. Artists affected included One Direction, Katy Perry, Little Mix, Lady Ga Ga, JLS and Jessie…

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) this morning raided a factory manufacturing counterfeit goods. Three people were arrested on suspicion of making more than £100,000 profit selling the fake goods. TRAP’s partner Surelock helped police by collecting evidence by test purchasing. It was said to be the largest counterfeit factory that has been raided…

The intelligence gathering partner of TRAP, Surelock has enabled the authorities in Sussex to convict on 10 counts of trademark abuse. Aaron Davies of East Preston was also convicted and sentenced for importing weapons at Chichester Crown Court. Read more

A west Sussex man was prosecuted on Friday 9th January 2015 in Worthing Magistrates Court for the manufacture, possession and sale of counterfeit tee shirts bearing Led Zeppelin and ACDC amongst other trade marks. He pleaded guilty and received a fine of £2,500, costs of £1,324.76 and a £50 victim surcharge. Joseph Walker, 31, of…

BBC TV’s “Fake Britain” has featured TRAP partners Surelock, completing multi-agency raids on one of the largest retailers in Camden, London. The store was found to be selling £100,000’s worth of fake merchandise, including music artists’ clothing, mobile phone covers and cigarette lighters. See the clip here starting 35 minutes into the programme (Note that…