Seizures last week include 15,000 Nintendo products in Mexico… Fake Vodka in Russia… Pirated DVDs and CDs in the UK and the US… Also seized in the US was a massive shipment of counterfeit cigarettes… Discoveries made last week include dangerous lighters which could burst into flame…20,000 doses of anti-malarials had to be recalled in Kenya, after the discovery of a counterfeiting syndicate.

Cases and Outcomes last week include the former owner of Allofmp3.com, an illegal music website that sold cut-price downloads, being acquitted of copyright offences by a Russian judge… A lawyer in the US indicted for running a fake Botox scheme has pleaded guilty in a federal court… Also in the US three men were indicted on charges relating to selling millions of dollars worth of counterfeit software…. A watch company in Belgium has been told to stop manufacture of some of its watches after settling a lawsuit over copyright and trademark infringement with a US company.

Policy developments last week include the US making a formal request to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to crack down on copyright piracy and counterfeiting in China.

Studies and Reports out last week include a white paper on food quality and safety by the Chinese State Council Information Office; it describes the governments efforts in enhancing the level of food safety over the past years… A survey by MarkMonitor has found that many online pharmacies sell medicines without a prescription and many are likely to be counterfeit or out of date, also half the sites surveyed did not safeguard customer details.