Seizures and discoveries last week include in Nigeria, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) impounded 60 trucks loaded with counterfeit clothing and cosmetics… Similarly in Hong Kong customs officers have seized 12,000 items of counterfeit clothing and arrested nine people… In the UK, more than four million counterfeit cigarettes have been impounded by UK border agency officers… Pirated DVDs and CDs have been seized in Australia, India and the Philippines…In Singapore, 10 men have died this year from complications resulting from the consumption of fake sexual-enhancement pills.

Cases and outcomes last week include a man in the US being sentenced to 21 months in federal prison after admitting recording two films in a theatre… The North American anime distributor FUNimation Productions is suing a group of related companies in Southern California for allegedly selling counterfeit DVDs of its licensed anime on a website… Six people have been arrested on suspicion of possessing, manufacturing and selling more than 8,000 CDs and DVDs… Six people in the US have been indicted for their alleged roles in trafficking counterfeit luxury brand goods including Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Versace.

Studies and reports out last week include one that found that the government of Fiji lost an average of $16.2 million in tax annually to pirated DVDs alone.