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Rochdale Trading Standards has disrupted a multi-million-pound counterfeiting operation
Posted 09 March 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|North West
UPDATES: Trading Standards officers uncovered a nationwide counterfeit distribution network after routine inspections led to the seizure of around 60,000 fake luxury goods worth an estimated £9 million.
Millions of pounds worth of fake designer clothing, handbags, shoes, jewellery, perfumes and watches were among the items seized by Rochdale Borough Council Trading Standards over the past two months in a major operation to disrupt a criminal counterfeit goods operation.
The counterfeit items were found in storage containers across Rochdale following routine inspections of shops selling i...
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