Massive haul of fake DVD and Nintendo games
Read More →Sandwell Council Trading Standards and West Midlands Police, assisted by investigators from FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft), seized fake DVDs and Nintendo Wii games with street value of nearly £300,000 [...]
Knock off DVD sellers get prison
Read More →Two Chinese men have received prison sentences for selling counterfeit DVDs in Tesco car park on Morning Lane in Hackney. The men, who both had previous convictions for similar offences, [...]
Paddy’s Market raided by police
Read More →Strathclyde Police arrested eight men in connection with alleged criminal activity at Paddy’s Market, Glasgow yesterday (Thursday 27 November 2008). In the early hours of yesterday morning, officers went to [...]
Four people arrested in Midlands after homes searched
Read More →Four people have been arrested and 8,500 counterfeit DVDs seized after search warrants were carried out at four houses in the Midlands on Monday (24 November). The raids were conducted [...]
Large pirate DVD factory found in Manchester
Read More →Police officers from Greater Manchester Police working together with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and Stockport Trading Standards have discovered a large pirate DVD factory in Stockport, Manchester. The intelligence-led [...]
Islington police raid DVD house
Read More →Islington Police, supported by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), executed a search warrant at a terraced house on the border of Islington and Haringey on Friday 17th October 2008. [...]
Hackney clamps down on illegal trade in counterfeit DVDs
Read More →Businesses in Hackney, East London are being warned that it is illegal to allow counterfeit goods, such as DVDs, to be sold on their premises. Trading Standards and police officers, [...]
Large pirate DVD factory found in Eltham, SE London
Read More →Police officers from Eltham West Safer Neighbourhoods team and Borough Intelligence Unit working together with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and Greenwich Council have discovered another large pirate DVD factory [...]
Two year jail term for illegal DVD warehouse ‘shopkeeper’
Read More →A man working in an illegal DVD ‘warehouse’ in London, E2 is behind bars after the court heard that 36,000 pirate and 7,000 hardcore pornographic DVDs were found there. Bao [...]
DVD counterfeiting duo sentenced to a total of four years and six months
Read More →Yesterday [18.02.08] a DVD counterfeiting duo have been sentenced to a total of four years and six months for running an illegal factory worth £5 million a year. The case, [...]
Seven arrests in major swoop on counterfeiters in Greater Manchester
Read More →Seven men were arrested today by Greater Manchester Police as part of a major operation targeting the manufacture of counterfeit films, music, video games and software and the sale of [...]
Three eBay counterfeiters arrested in Portsmouth
Read More →Three people were arrested today in a joint operation by officers from Hampshire Constabulary and the Federation Against Copyright Theft targeting the sale of counterfeit DVDs on the auction website [...]
