Ebay counterfeit trader arrested in East London
Read More →An eBay trader who was selling large quantities of pirate DVDs and making several thousand pounds per month has been arrested following extensive work by FACT’s Internet Investigations Team. In [...]
Ebay partners with FACT to clamp down on pirated DVD sales
Read More →eBay.co.uk and The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), have today launched a campaign to educate consumers on how to buy and sell DVDs safely on eBay. eBay and FACT want [...]
Deptford pirate DVD factory raided
Read More →A joint operation between Lewisham Trading Standards, Met Police, FACT, IFPI and BPI has led to the successful raid of a residential premises in Deptford and the arrest of eight [...]
Ten year ASBOs and five month suspended prison sentences for pirate DVD sellers
Read More →Following the recent operation by Hackney Borough Police and Hackney Council, working with FACT, targeting prolific pirate DVD sellers in Hackney, six defendants appeared for sentencing on Friday (9th). Judge [...]
Rochdale DVD factory raided
Read More →Police in Heywood, Greater Manchester have raided a pirate DVD factory and arrested a 42 year-old man. The factory was located in a private house and contained 40 DVD burners, [...]
Seven pirate DVD sellers arrested in Hackney with multi-agency operation targeting local crime
Read More →Two men and five women have been arrested in Hackney, East London by Police working in co-operation with FACT, Hackney Council and the Immigration Service. The raid was part of [...]
Durham and Nottingham raids target illegal markets
Read More →FACT investigators, working with law enforcement, have successfully targeted pirate DVD sellers operating at illegal markets in Durham and Nottingham. A total of 16 suspects were arrested: 9 at Tanfield [...]
Major pirate factory on SE London raided
Read More →Four men have been arrested in Thamesmead, south east London, following the discovery of a ‘factory’ making counterfeit DVDs worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. It happened around 12.30 pm, [...]
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 [...]
