Counterfeit
Counterfeit jewellery poses significant risks to the integrity, reputation, and profitability of legitimate businesses across the UK trade. From imitation branded pieces to fraudulent precious metal claims, counterfeiting undermines consumer trust and creates legal, financial, and ethical challenges. Jewellery Focus reports on anti-counterfeiting efforts, enforcement actions, trademark protection, technological safeguards, and industry education. Our coverage supports jewellers, manufacturers, and retailers in protecting their intellectual property, staying alert to emerging threats, and maintaining high standards of authenticity and compliance in an increasingly complex marketplace.
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Jun- 2025 -30 JuneRetailers
Pandora and Amazon target global counterfeit jewellery network
Pandora and Amazon have helped Chinese authorities dismantle a major counterfeit jewellery network following a joint investigation into the sale of fake Pandora items across Europe. The probe, launched in 2020 by Pandora’s intellectual property and brand protection team after a series of customs seizures, linked the activity to two…
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Jan- 2024 -9 JanuaryCrime
GIA to offer same-day report verification
GIA has announced that it will offer clients a same day service to verify GIA inscriptions, beginning next week, confirming that a diamond with a GIA inscription matches the inscribed GIA report number. The new service is offered in response to reports of fraudulent GIA inscriptions on laboratory-grown diamonds cut…
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Mar- 2023 -2 MarchNews
New Trustmark Scheme relaunched in March
The world’s first consumer online assurance scheme for the jewellery industry, the Trustmark Scheme, relaunched on 1 March with the support of all four UK Assay offices for the first time. It was first launched in 2012 by the Edinburgh Assay office to reassure consumers that hallmarked jewellery was not…
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Jun- 2018 -14 JuneDesigners
Cartier to pay to block sites which sell counterfeit goods
Jewellery brand Cartier has been ordered to pay the costs of blocking websites which were advertising and selling counterfeit copies of its goods. The internet service providers (ISPs) were innocent of any trademark infringement and only provided networks by which subscribers could access content. It was found that it did…
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Apr- 2018 -10 AprilRetailers
Counterfeiting hits nearly half of brands
Almost half (47%) of brands lose sales revenue to counterfeit or pirated goods, new research from brand protection firm MarkMonitor has revealed. In the study conducted by market research firm Virtuous World, one in three respondents also reported a loss of more than 10%. Respondents from the UK, US, Denmark,…
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Nov- 2017 -20 NovemberCrime
Crime specialist warns retailers of ‘dark side of Black Friday’
British retailers have been told to be wary of the “dark side of Black Friday”, as the authorities ramp up efforts to bring counterfeiters to justice. Serious and corporate crime defence specialists Rahman Ravelli, has warned traders that they could be the biggest victims of the growing counterfeiting problem over…
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Oct- 2017 -11 OctoberCrime
Bank of England launches new Banknote Checking Scheme
The Bank of England’s new Banknote Checking Scheme was launched on 10 October. The Scheme is aimed at cash-handling businesses and promotes banknote checking at point of sale through targeted training. Its aim is to reduce the number of counterfeit notes being accepted and to reduce losses to businesses. Any…
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Sep- 2017 -13 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
What you need to know about the new £10 note
A new £10 note is due to be released on 14 September, following on from the new £5 note introduced last year. Like the £5, the £10 will be printed on polymer in a bid to be cleaner, safer and stronger than paper notes. The new notes will be smaller…
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Mar- 2017 -29 MarchCurrent Affairs
Five things you need to know about the new £1 coin
The new £1 coin came into circulation yesterday. We looked at five things you will need to know about the new currency. 1.The new pound will be harder to counterfeit Not only is the coin twelve-sided but it has special technology. According to The Royal Mint one in every thirty £1 coins…
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Jun- 2016 -13 JuneCrime
Five jailed over £7m Monopoly money scam on jewellery stores
A gang of conmen who used Monopoly money to trick jewellery store owners as part of a £7m scam have been sent to jail for a combined total of 22 years. The sentencing follows an investigation into organised frauds, including an elaborate fraud in Bristol where a jeweller lost £420,000…
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