Holiday fakers 'smuggle' £0.5 billion worth of counterfeit goods into the UK

As the summer holidays get into full swing, Brits are jetting off in search of sun, sea and shopping. But a new report from Kelkoo and Verdict Consulting has revealed that all that glitters on holiday isn't really gold as 45% of UK tourists end up buying counterfeit goods whilst abroad.

The survey found that in the last year alone, 5.6 million tourists spent a total of almost £0.5 billion on fake goods.