Arrests and major seizures in Northern Ireland, Scotland and NW England
Read More →NORTH-WEST ENGLAND FACT’s regional investigator, working with local Police and Trading Standards, has helped seize over 90,000 pirate DVDs from markets in the North-West. Over the past 3 weeks, teams [...]
£60,000 confiscation order against film pirate
Read More →Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) Financial Investigators, working in partnership with Essex County Council Trading Standards, Cambridge County Council Trading Standards, Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and British Phonographic Industry (BPI) [...]
Six jailed for internet film piracy conspiracy in first case of its kind in the UK
Read More →A major internet piracy conspiracy has been broken up and six men sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from four years to six months on Friday (8th December) at Birmingham [...]
FACT welcomes tightening of laws on film piracy
Read More →The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) is pleased with the announcement by The Chancellor, Gordon Brown, in his Pre Budget Report, following the recommendations of Andrew Gowers, that stronger enforcement [...]
Ebay film pirate has record £55,000 assets seizure – Lord Of The Rings was top selling item
Read More →A prolific seller of pirate DVDs on eBay has been ordered to pay £55,000 under Proceeds Of Crime legislation following a judgement on Friday (1st December) at Bradford Crown Court. [...]
Four year sentence for DVD pirate – one of the strongest yet in UK
Read More →In one of the strongest ever sentences for film piracy in the UK, Zhong Li, age 35, and a Chinese national, was sentenced to four years imprisonment last week at [...]
Three arrested in South Belfast raid
Read More →Police in South Belfast have seized a substantial quantity of suspected counterfeit goods. The seizure followed a planned search of premises in King Street today by local uniformed officers and [...]
Nine arrested in Northern Ireland market raid
Read More →Nine people were arrested after police smashed a counterfeiting racket at a street market in Greysteel, Co Derry, on Sunday morning.Fake DVDs, CDs, cigarettes and cash with an estimated value [...]
Multi agency swoop on counterfeit fraudsters
Read More →Ten people were arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning following raids at addresses across North Wales, Cheshire and the Wirral. The arrests followed an operation to uncover rip-off [...]
Film minister launches UK film industry theft prevention toolkit
Read More →Film Minister Shaun Woodward today launched a major initiative in the fight against film theft at an event hosted by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and the Film Distributors’ [...]
FACT appoints new director general
Read More →The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kieron Sharp as its new Director General. Kieron takes up his post on 6th November 2006.Kieron comes [...]
Kent man arrested for DVD piracy | Caravan park was base for manufacturing
Read More →A partnership effort has led to the arrest of a man on suspicion of producing counterfeit DVD’s.Working with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) the Kent Police Island Neighbourhood Team executed [...]
