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| Biggest-ever Internet piracy bust claimed in Sweden |
Downloading |
| Swedish police on Friday reported making a major Internet piracy bust. |
Sweden |
03/07/2009 |
CIB-9-0127 |
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| Surrey Raid Results in Largest Ever Seizure of Counterfeit Gaming Devices |
Electronics |
| A raid at a detached house in Surrey has resulted in the largest seizure of its kind in the UK in the fight against illegal game copying devices |
UK |
03/06/2009 |
CIB-9-0122 |
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| $2.3 million in fake sunglasses found at Houston port |
Miscellaneous |
| There was something shady about the paperwork for a container load of sunglasses traveling by ship from China to the Port of Houston. |
USA |
03/11/2009 |
CIB-9-0132 |
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| Russian police seize first batch of pirated Blu-ray discs |
Movies |
| Police in Moscow have seized for the first time in Russia a batch of pirated Blu-ray discs, the chief of Moscow's economic crime department said on Wednesday. |
Russia |
03/04/2009 |
CIB-9-0118 |
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| COUNTERFEIT DVDs worth more than £200,000 were seized in a swoop on a Birmingham flat. |
Movies |
| They included pirate copies of the multi award-winning Slumdog Millionaire and latest Hollywood blockbusters Watchmen and Confessions of a Shopaholic, which are not yet in the shops. |
UK |
03/12/2009 |
CIB-9-0136 |
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| Mexico Busts Pirate Operation, Seven Arrested |
Movies & Music |
| Mexican law enforcement and military personnel raided a pirate CD and DVD production house in Veracruz, Mexico, on Tuesday, according to the IFPI. |
Mexico |
03/05/2009 |
CIB-9-0124 |
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| 10,000 CDs seized in anti-piracy drive |
Music |
| The Ministry of Economy has seized 10,000 counterfeit CDs from the local market as part of its campaign to protect intellectual property rights and root out pirated software. |
UAE |
03/09/2009 |
CIB-9-0126 |
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| Task force destroys N50m fake drugs in Lagos |
Pharmaceuticals |
| The Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has destroyed fake drugs valued at over N50 million. |
Nigeria |
03/03/2009 |
CIB-9-0113 |
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| Seized drugs 'were counterfeit' |
Pharmaceuticals |
| More than £250,000 of counterfeit, unlicensed and withdrawn medicines have been seized during raids in Stoke-on-Trent, the drug regulatory agency said. |
UK |
03/04/2009 |
CIB-9-0120 |
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| P2.1-M worth of fake Vans shoes seized in Pasay |
Shoes |
| Fake Vans rubber shoes worth P2.1 million were confiscated by the authorities in simultaneous raids in Pasay City on Wednesday, officials reported on Thursday. |
Philippines |
03/05/2009 |
CIB-9-0125 |
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| ESA Commends Mexican Law Enforcement for Recent Raids in Mexico City |
Software |
| The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) today applauded Mexico’s Metropolitan Delegation in Camarones of the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) and the Federal Preventative Police for their recent raid in the Tepito area of Mexico City. |
Mexico |
03/12/2009 |
CIB-9-0135 |
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| Undercover sting nets £50,000 of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco |
Tobacco |
| ILLEGALLY imported cigarettes and tobacco worth £50,000 have been seized by trading standards officers in Derby. |
UK |
03/02/2009 |
CIB-9-0116 |
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| Counterfeit cigarette haul seized |
Tobacco |
| Customs officers have uncovered hundreds of thousands of counterfeit cigarettes in the Black Country. |
UK |
03/12/2009 |
CIB-9-0134 |
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