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 [...]
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 [...]
