Sellers or producers of counterfeit goods ....
- Make and sell shoddy, inferior copies of branded goods.
- Typical
goods include:
- perfumes/aftershaves
- designer clothing and sportswear
- sunglasses
- watches
- CDs, video and audio tapes
- food
- alcohol
- medicines
- car parts.
- Often sell their goods at car boot sales, Sunday Markets, on pub car parks or from illegal street-corner pitches.
- Are often linked to more serious crimes involving drugs or money laundering.
- Put consumers at risk by supplying fake products like car parts, food, toys, medicines, alcohol and even aeroplane parts.
If someone is producing or supplying counterfeit goods ....
Tell your local Trading Standards Service and tell us - it may help us to stop them and protect other people.