Gang jailed for selling counterfeit clubs

Just heard this story on the radio so had a bit of a look, the leader has been jailed for 4 years! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8549176.stm

Now, I haven't got a problem with locking these people up, they are defrauding people whatever they are trying to sell under false pretences and I can't tolerate that sort of anti-social behaviour.  What I do have a bit of a problem with in this specific case is that the prosecution was bought by Havering Council Trading Standards, who are now proposing to sue the gang to appropriate their money to pay for the case.  E Bay are making the right noises about how bad it was and they are doing all they can to stop it (yeah, right) etc:.  But what about the multi-million dollar club makers?  Are they going to chip in court costs for 'saving' them so much money, cash that is paid by us taxpayers*, will they bravely now try to bankrupt the Chinese manufacturers for supplying fake goods, will they relentlessly pursue other counterfeiters?

Don't hold your breath. 

*  If I paid any tax that is