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 [...]
Half million pound pirate DVD factory raided in New Cross, SE London
Read More →Following an intelligence led operation, a large pirate DVD factory was raided yesterday in a 3 bedroom semi-detached house in Joseph Hardcastle Close, SE14 by New Cross Safer Neighbourhoods Team [...]
FACT sponsors new Crimestoppers website
Read More →To mark its twentieth anniversary, the UK charity, Crimestoppers, has given its www.crimestoppers-uk.org website a complete makeover. From today, the new site which uses the latest in online technology, goes [...]
Counterfeit DVD factory raided | DVDs with street value of £195,000 seized
Read More →The discovery of a DVD factory in Eltham yesterday, Tuesday 8 January, will make a significant dent in the market for counterfeit DVDs across London, says Greenwich Police. According to [...]
Four arrested and 10,000 counterfeit DVDs seized
Read More →Four people were arrested yesterday (16 December) and 10,000 counterfeit DVDs seized in raids on three stalls at Western International Market in Hounslow, Middlesex and on two addresses in Slough, [...]
Ebay counterfeiter jailed
Read More →A 38-year old woman from Penrith, Cumbria was given a six month jail sentence at Penrith Magistrates Court today. Helen Louise Sharkey, of Chestnut Close, Penrith had earlier pleaded guilty [...]
FACT supports Northern Ireland anti-counterfeiting campaign
Read More →FACT was pleased to support the latest initiative by the Organised Crime Task Force in Northern Ireland at an event attended by Paul Goggins, Policing and Justice Minister and Chair [...]
TV links website owner arrested for copyright infringement
Read More →A man aged 26 from Cheltenham was arrested on Thursday (18th October) in connection with offences relating to the facilitation of copyright infringement on the Internet. The arrest came during [...]
