Darknet Down? Buy Illegal Products on Facebook

From: Bristol Post

Trading Standards ‘actively monitoring’ Bristol Facebook selling pages for people selling fake goods

Two men in Bristol have just been caught and prosecuted for selling fake Adidas and Beachbody products

By Tristan Cork

Trading Standards investigators have warned people in Bristol they are ‘actively monitoring’ Facebook and other selling sites online for counterfeit goods, after two men were caught flogging fake Adidas trainers and Beachbody products.

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When his house was raided by Trading Standards, they found 70 suspected counterfeit items, along with 10,000 illegal cigarettes, branded up to be Mayfair. They found he operated an office in a room in his Brislington home, and investigators found receipts and customer orders suggesting a ‘lucrative cash sales side’ to his enterprise.

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