LoginNE Lincs achieves POCA ruling
North East Lincolnshire Council will recover proceeds of crime from an illegal tobacco seller
Posted 12 March 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|East of England
UPDATES: North East Lincolnshire Trading Standards has secured a Proceeds of Crime ruling following trademark offences involving counterfeit goods, ensuring offenders face financial consequences beyond their criminal convictions.
North East Lincolnshire Council has achieved a landmark Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) ruling against a shopkeeper responsible for the largest haul of illegal cigarettes ever seized by its Trading Standards service.
When North East Lincolnshire Council Trading Standards Officers, with the support of Humberside Police, executed a search warrant at a property in Exmoor Close, Healing, in Nove...
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