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Operation Loft Crime: Counterfeit Goods People Trafficking Partners involved: Trading Standards HMRC VOSA (now DVSA) UKBF/ICE Food Standards Agency (Wine Inspectors) Legislative Powers: Search Warrants Immigration Act Outcome: Ongoing
Operation Bremner Intelligence Indicates The sale of counterfeit products by these individuals funded For export to F D Express Commercial Services Ltd were importing vast amounts of counterfeit products into the UK from China via the Coventry Postal Hub. Between August 2011 and December 2011, UK Border Agency Officials intercepted 133 parcels at the Coventry Postal Hub which were destined for F D Express Commercial Services Limited. These parcels were found to contain counterfeit goods with a potential genuine retail value of £3.9 million. On the 3rd April 2012 French Customs Officers at the Channel Tunnel terminal located at Cheriton, Kent stopped an F D Express Commercial Services Limited van that was being driven by Bueyavanga LUFUANKENDA. Contained within the vehicle French Customs Officers found parcels containing 17,675 items of counterfeit goods. These had a potential genuine retail value of 3,645,000 Euros. Following this interception F D Express Commercial Services continued to import
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South East Region GAIN Coordinator Neil Fellingham Bsc Hons; Dip Crime; Dip App SS (Open); PG Cert DVI Police Station Hurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2DJ Mob: