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Posted: 05 November 2024
UPDATES: Lloyds Bank figures show Oasis fans are being heavily targeted by ticket scammers, with most reported cases starting on social media and average losses reaching hundreds of pounds.
Posted: 23 October 2024
UPDATES: CTSI is warning motorists about a surge in parking fine smishing texts that mimic Government websites, threaten legal action or driving bans, and direct victims to payment pages controlled by fraudsters.
Posted: 15 October 2024
UPDATES: A routine visit to a Hammersmith and Fulham convenience store uncovered what the council described as the biggest illegal cigarette seizure in local history, alongside tobacco, vapes and evidence of suspected organised crime links that led to the shop being shut down.
Posted: 10 October 2024
UPDATES: Trading Standards officers in Staffordshire seized a significant quantity of illegal vapes during enforcement activity, reinforcing ongoing efforts to remove non-compliant products from sale and protect consumers.
Posted: 10 October 2024
UPDATES: Officers report major seizures of illicit tobacco following a sustained clampdown on illegal sales across the borough.
Posted: 09 October 2024
UPDATES: Residents are urged to remain vigilant after severe weather prompted warnings of increased rogue trader activity targeting damaged properties.
Posted: 07 October 2024
UPDATES: London Trading Standards Week opens by showcasing the capital's work against illegal tobacco, highlighting major seizures, Operation CeCe enforcement activity and the health, criminal and economic harms caused by illicit cigarettes and vapes.
Posted: 30 September 2024
UPDATES: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Trading Standards have revealed that almost a quarter of businesses targeted by a series of recent test purchase operations were selling illegal tobacco. In intelligence-led investigations on 11 and 12 September, 42 premises were...
Posted: 17 September 2024
UPDATES: Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) has launched a campaign to help consumers avoid domestic energy-efficiency scams, including the mis-selling of spray foam loft insulation, as the winter months approach. The focus of the ‘Turn Down Energy Scams’ campaign is on pointing...
Posted: 16 September 2024
UPDATES: Lincolnshire Trading Standards has secured a guilty plea from rogue builder Christopher Marshall, who took payments for materials and unfinished work, failed to provide cancellation rights and left customers facing further costs.
Posted: 09 September 2024
UPDATES: Trading Standards officers, police and detection dogs seized more than £10,000 of illegal tobacco and non-compliant vapes in Exmouth, adding to a year of major illicit product seizures across the region.
Posted: 02 September 2024
UPDATES: A Suffolk rogue builder who took more than £17,000 in deposits without completing promised roofing work has received a suspended sentence, unpaid work, compensation order and five-year director ban.
Posted: 02 September 2024
UPDATES: Staffordshire Trading Standards has seized more than £28,000 worth of illicit tobacco, vapes and shisha in Burton raids linked to Operations CeCe and Joseph, adding to £740,000 of local seizures since the initiatives began.
Posted: 30 August 2024
UPDATES: A joint initiative by Kent Trading Standards and Kent Police's Rural Task Force saw officers engage directly with building and roofing traders, promoting compliance while reinforcing efforts to tackle rogue traders operating across the county.
Posted: 29 August 2024
UPDATES: A coordinated operation involving Trading Standards, police, immigration officers and a specialist tobacco detection dog removed around £10,000 of illicit tobacco from circulation as part of wider action against illegal tobacco and vape sales in North Somerset.
Posted: 27 August 2024
UPDATES: Persistent illegal activity at a convenience store has resulted in a closure order after repeated investigations uncovered criminal offences over a two-year period, demonstrating the impact of sustained multi-agency enforcement.
Posted: 14 August 2024
UPDATES: Hertfordshire Trading Standards is warning of a rise in rogue locksmiths operating on its patch after receiving...
Posted: 01 August 2024
UPDATES: More than £120,000 worth of illegal tobacco and vapes have been seized by Sandwell Council Trading Standards...
Posted: 31 July 2024
UPDATES: A conman who targeted elderly and vulnerable victims has been jailed for more than four years following...
Posted: 30 July 2024
UPDATES: A bogus Facebook travel business left victims thousands of pounds out of pocket after selling non-existent flights. Dudley Trading Standards traced the money to the offender's personal account, leading to guilty pleas for theft and money laundering and a suspended prison sentence.
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