Film pirate caught on film
Read More →A Glasgow man who was caught twice by Trading Standards with illegal DVDs at Ayr Sunday Market pled guilty to charges at Ayr sheriff Court last week and was sentenced [...]
Swoop on street traders
Read More →Brent & Harrow Trading Standards Service working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) swooped again on the illegal DVD street traders who plague [...]
Essex DVD pirate jailed – two and a half year sentence for producing and selling counterfeit DVDs
Read More →Peter Axford, age 47, was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court to two years and six months imprisonment for offences relating to the manufacture, distribution and sale of pirate DVDs over [...]
Online pirate DVD seller raided in London | Equipment and thousands of counterfeit films seized
Read More →A prolific pirate DVD seller in Hackney, operating online, had her house raided by officers from Hackney Trading Standards and FACT following work done by FACT’s Internet Investigation Team over [...]
Multi agency operation targets prolific dvd sellers in Leyton
Read More →Eleven pirate DVD sellers were arrested on Saturday 22nd July 2006 in a joint operation by FACT, Metropolitan Police, Waltham Forest Trading Standards and the Immigration Service in a major swoop on Leyton [...]
FACT tackles camcording with new investigator for cinemas
Read More →The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) is addressing the increasing threat from camcording in UK cinemas by creating a new role of Theatrical Investigator. Reporting to Jim Angell, Director of [...]
10 arrests by film piracy unit working with FACT
Read More →At approx 11.30 this morning (13.06.06) police officers from the Film Piracy Unit and Territorial Support Group at the Met police have arrested ten people believed to be involved in [...]
Brian Robertson appointed FACT chairman
Read More →The Federation Again Copyright Theft (FACT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Robertson as FACT Chairman with immediate effect. Brian was elected by a unanimous vote, in accordance [...]
Prolific ebay pirate jailed for 6 months
Read More →Yesterday at Bradford Crown Court a prolific DVD pirate was jailed for 6 months. Peter Spencer, 39, of Oakhall Park, Bradford had been trading on eBay since 2002 selling counterfeit [...]
Pirate DVD factory raided – street value of over £1m a week | Third major London operation dismantled since February
Read More →At approx midday on 21.05.06 local officers from Walthamstow borough discovered a large counterfeit DVD and cannabis factory at premises in East Walthamstow, E17. The Met officers were on patrol [...]
‘Taxi for film pirates!’
Read More →The Federation Against Copyright Theft exhibited for the first time at the Police Federation Conference in Bournemouth last week. The FACT stand attracted large numbers of visitors making enquiries about [...]
Two jailed after police raid one of UK’s biggest pirate DVD factories
Read More →Two men have been jailed for a total of three years after admitting their part in the running of one of the biggest ever pirate DVD factories in the UK, [...]
