Amar Choudry, Yasir Choudry, Qaisar Choudry, Faisal Choudry and Mudasar Alishan, were each sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to two years imprisonment, suspended for two years. They were also ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work. Stephen Carr,a supplier of counterfeit, branded heat transfers, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months,…
AS part of BBC 6 Music’s celebration of music merchandise known as “wear your band t shirt to work day”, TRAP’s work was featured in an extensive report covering counterfeit merchandise and it’s impact on the industry. To listen to the report you can go here from 1hr 50mins.
Stephen Clarkson, 36, of High Meadows, Greetland, Halifax, and director of Custom Design UK Ltd, was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Bradford Crown Court. In 2016, West Yorkshire Trading Standards (WYTS) received information from Surelock, which represents numerous trademark holders that Custom Design UK Ltd was selling counterfeit clothing through…
For the second year running, the work of TRAP has been featured in the UK Government’s report on IP Crime. The report highlights work in all sectors of the economy targeted by Intellectual Property crime. TRAP’s one millionth takedown landmark was given particular attention. Full report can be viewed here
Following the conviction (21 month suspended sentence) of Ian Buckley (56) in March 2018, an investigation under the proceeds of Crime Act was undertaken. The case came before the court again to resolve those matters. Sitting in Northampton Crown Court Judge Lucking ordered that Mr Buckley had benefited from his criminal conduct to the sum…
After some great work in gathering evidence alongside the hard work of local Trading Standards. Andrew Jones of Newport was jailed whilst his wife narrowly avoided prison after they admitted selling counterfeit shirts bearing the logos of football clubs as well as rock and pop bands. The couple sold items from their home in Tone…
On Friday 2 June 2017, Meraj Gul, aged 34 was sentenced to 30 months in prison at Inner London Crown Court, after pleading guilty to selling goods with unauthorised trademarks of a variety of Music artists including Justin Bieber and One Direction between March 2012 and February 2015, Gul produced, sold and distributed fake merchandise…
This weekend witnessed another great result for all of the hard work and effort of TRAP and their partners. Many addresses in Camden and within the market being raided. The confiscated goods worth tens of thousands of pounds needed two trucks to be removed from the site. In the last few months, several of the…
Only a few days into 2017 and Surelock acting on behalf of TRAP and working with Camden Council Trading Standards have already seized tens of thousands of pounds worth of counterfeit music merchandise. The raids were carried out after detailed surveillance in Stables Market at Camden, North London. Several thousand T-shirts, hoodies and sweatshirts were…
As part of the Westminster Zero Tolerance campaign before Christmas TRAP and partner Surelock along with Westminster Trading Standards carried out a number of raids in central London in the run up to Christmas. Several locations were raided in and around Shaftesbury Avenue, Oxford Street, Leicester Square and Queensway; resulting in TRAP and Surelock seizing…
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