Seizures and discoveries last week include Italian police breaking up a gang who were producing fake Ferraris… Also in Italy police have seized 1000 hams labelled with fake prosciutto trademarks… In a multi-year operation called “Cisco Raider” Canadian and US authorities have captured an estimated $76 million worth of counterfeit electronic components… Elsewhere in Canada authorities have seized $7 million of fake designer goods… In New York a massive operation has shut down 32 vendors of fake items in the city… In Paraguay authorities have intercepted over 50,000 pirated game software discs.

Cases and outcomes last week include two British men being jailed for smuggling 22 million counterfeit cigarettes into the country… An American man has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in an international DVD pirating scheme… Two Australian men have been fined for running a sophisticated pirate DVD operation.

Studies and reports out last week include one which finds that the Indian entertainment industry is losing $4 billion annually to counterfeiting and piracy… According to an international report, about 65 percent of consumer products sold in Pakistan are fake… A new report by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) claims that “at least 90 percent of all software available on eBay is illegal.”… A report by the US State Department alleges that North Korea has switched from narcotics trafficking to selling counterfeit cigarettes to earn foreign currency.