This successful prosecution follows a Surelock investigation on behalf of TRAP. Counterfeit t-shirts featuring the biggest names in pop including One Direction, Jessie J, Justin Bieber, Little Mix, The Wanted and JLS raked in more than £61,000 for a jewellery shop owner as part of a rogue printing operation. The illegal merchandise was sold over the internet and…

On Monday 21 September 2015 East London resident Todien Tran, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court and contested all the charges pleading not guilty. After a week’s trial he was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to a fine of £10,000 with £19,000 costs. This follows a lengthy investigation starting in 2013 by TRAP partner…

TRAP partner Surelock have helped South East Regional Organised Crime Unit secure another successful conviction. The 46 year old has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for selling fake perfume including counterfeit One Direction product. Investigating officer, Det Con Matt Wilson, of SEROCU, said: “We are committed to relentlessly targeting organised criminals with the…

TRAP surveillance consultants Surelock, acting together with officers from Southwark Trading Standards and Police, raided the Southwark premises used by a prolific eBay seller. This eBay seller had, for a number of years, been selling numerous counterfeits of TRAP members products using various aliases. All offending stock, screen printers and equipment were dismantled and seized.…

Wednesday 3 June 2015 saw a joint raid by TRAP and Portsmouth Trading Standards of Merch Hut, a t shirt retailer in Cosham near Portsmouth. Trading standards officers found a number of counterfeit music t-shirts and hoodies on display which were being manufactured on site, including 1D, Foo Fighters, The Beatles, Katy Perry, Nirvana, Union…

Ian Guy of Stourbridge UK was jailed yesterday for 2 years after pleading guilty to several charges related to the sale of fake goods earlier this month. Ebay listings showed hundreds and hundreds of counterfeit T-shirts were being offered for sale by Guy bearing motifs including Harry Potter, Clockwork Orange, Disney Justin Bieber, The Ramones,…

After a successful conviction supported by TRAP, Manchester Crown Court proceeds of crime act hearing has passed judgement. The forger who sold thousands of items of fake One Direction merchandise has been ordered to pay the state his £140,000 ill-gotten gains. Gary Simpson worked as an amateur football club kitman and used equipment intended for…

Air Raid Clothing of Milton Keynes using the EBay seller name airraid-clearance was raided yesterday. Following weeks of observations and surveillance, TRAP partners Surelock concluded an investigations into the major eBay seller and raided under warrant with the Police and Milton Keynes Trading Standards, the screen print factory / warehouse which has been extremely busy…

Our partners Surelock, working with Westminster City Council Trading Standards and the Immigration Service, carried out a series of raids on retail outlets in Oxford Street, central London, seizing hundreds of counterfeit music artists’ merchandise and other products. One man was arrested and other prosecutions will follow.

22-year-old Hosein Vafaie has been sentenced to 11 weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months, for selling counterfeit clothing and accessories at a Chichester store following a seizure by West Sussex County Council Trading Standards. Vafaie, of Blenheim Place, Brighton, was prosecuted after selling the fake products, which bore well-known brands such as Cath Kidston…