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| Piracy: NCC Seizes N1.8bn Goods |
All |
| Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), yesterday said it has seized pirated products valued at N1.8 billion from various copyright defaulters |
Nigeria |
8/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3200 |
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| Mexican Raids Net 15,000 Counterfeit Nintendo Products |
Electronics |
| Mexican authorities conducted raids today against 12 alleged distributors of counterfeit Nintendo® products in a major "fayuca" (contraband) market in Guadalajara. |
Mexico |
8/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3204 |
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| Counterfeit alcohol seized in train heading from Moscow to Vladivostok |
Food & Beverage |
| Counterfeit alcohol was found and seized during a police checkup in the dining-car of the train heading from Moscow to Vladivostok at Achinsk Station in the Krasnoyarsk Territory |
Russia |
8/13/2007 |
CIB-7-3178 |
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| Fireball fears over fake lighters |
Miscellaneous |
| A warning has been issued about fake lighters which could send a ball of flaming gas into users' faces. |
UK |
8/14/2007 |
CIB-7-3184 |
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| FACT Raid Uncovers More Than Pirate DVDs |
Movies |
| A joint operation between Lewisham Council, local police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) led to a successful raid on residential premises in Deptford. |
UK |
8/16/2007 |
CIB-7-3194 |
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| Bronx man arrested, 7,000 counterfeit CD and DVDs seized in New Rochelle |
Movies |
| Compact discs and DVDs with a street value of at least $70,000 were seized from a New Rochelle counterfeiting lab Tuesday |
USA |
8/15/2007 |
CIB-7-3192 |
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| Thousands of bootleg DVDs, CDs seized in Quinlan |
Movies & Music |
| Seven people were taken into custody Sunday, after investigators with the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) conducted raids |
USA |
8/15/2007 |
CIB-7-3190 |
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| China Counterfeit Diabetes Tests Tracked by J&J |
Pharmaceuticals |
| A global manhunt launched by Johnson & Johnson has tracked to China counterfeit versions of an at- home diabetes test used by 10 million Americans to take sensitive measurements of blood-sugar levels. |
China |
8/16/2007 |
CIB-7-3196 |
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| Malaria drugs recalled in Kenya |
Pharmaceuticals |
| A Chinese pharmaceutical firm plans to recall thousands of anti-malarial drugs supplied to Kenya after discovering a counterfeit syndicate. |
Kenya |
8/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3203 |
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| Police seize counterfeit cigarettes in New York raid |
Tobacco |
| Authorities seized nearly 600,000 packs of cigarettes with brand names like Marlboros and Newports, half of which are suspected of being counterfeits from China |
USA |
8/13/2007 |
CIB-7-3175 |
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