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Shisha pipes more harmful than cigarettes - Monday 29 April 2013
Shisha bars that break the law risk being prosecuted if they don't mend their ways, according to the Enfield and Haringey Tobacco Control Alliance which is campaigning to highlight the dangers of smoking shisha tobacco.

Fined for contraband tobacco and champagne - Thursday 21 February 2013
A blitz on illicit sales of tobacco and counterfeit goods has seen two Haringey shopkeepers prosecuted.

Lordship Lane trader sells cigarettes to underage youth - Monday 14 January 2013
A Lordship Lane trader who sold cigarettes to an underage youth has been fined £125.

Clothing pirate must cough up the proceeds of his crime - Tuesday 18 December 2012
A pirate T-shirt trader has been forced to cough up more than £200,000 at Wood Green Crown Court after action by council Trading Standards officers to recover the proceeds of his crimes.

Supermarket loses licence due to dodgy vodka - Thursday 20 September 2012
A Tottenham supermarket that showed "persistent disregard" for crime and disorder and public safety has lost its premises licence to sell alcohol.

Local trader fined after selling illegal wine and tobacco - Wednesday 18 April 2012
A Haringey shopkeeper was fined a total of £365 at Highgate Magistrates Court last month for selling counterfeit wine and incorrectly labelled Shisha tobacco in a case brought by Haringey Trading Standards.

Dangerous vodka alert - Friday 25 November 2011
Haringey residents are warned not to drink ‘Drop’ brand vodka, following a food safety alert from the Food Standards Agency (FSA)

Fake champagne and wine in Muswell Hill and Bounds Green shops - Wednesday 16 November 2011
In a series of operations with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), council trading standards officers visited small independent grocery off licence shops and found four in Muswell Hill and Bounds Green selling counterfeit or contraband goods

Tottenham trader tagged for selling fake designer goods - Friday 28 October 2011
A Tottenham trader who claimed her display of fake designer, jeans, t-shirts, shoes and handbags was for her personal use, has been electronically tagged and made to pay thousands of pounds in costs after falling foul of the Trade Marks Act 1994.

Safety fears over hair straightening treatments - Thursday 14 July 2011
The safety of one of the hottest hair products on the market is in question following concerns about the amount of formaldehyde present in some of the brands, posing a danger to health.

Shopkeeper banged to rights for breaching firework rules - Friday 24 June 2011
A Haringey shopkeeper was fined a total of £195 at Highgate Magistrates Court last week (15 June) for selling fireworks to an underage person, failing to display appropriate signage, and for failing to store fireworks safely. Court fines car dealer who puts the clocks back - Tuesday 14 June 2011
A Haringey car dealer was fined £3,000 at Highgate Magistrates Court last week (1 June) for supplying a car which had had its recorded mileage reduced by nearly 90,000 miles.

Danger car dealer brought to book - Thursday 5 May 2011
A Haringey car dealer was fined £2,500 at Highgate Magistrates Court last week (27 April) for supplying an unroadworthy car which was in a dangerous condition.

Blinding vodka supplier gets sentenced - Thursday 14 April 2011
A trader linked to a vodka that can cause blindness and the distribution of counterfeit vodka, was given a nine month suspended jail sentence, 200 hours of unpaid work and forced to pay a total of £4,000 fines and forfeits, at Wood Green Crown Court this week.

Shops flout laws on underage sales - Friday 11 March 2011
"Tell us who is selling cigarettes to our children and young people and we will take action" says Haringey Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Cllr Nilgun Canver.

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