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| Fake leather shoes flood Italy |
Clothing |
| Customs officer have seized nearly two million pairs of fake leather shoes destined for the Italian market |
Italy |
5/30/2007 |
CIB-7-2749 |
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| Two plead guilty in $69 million counterfeit shoe ring |
Clothing |
| Two more defendants pleaded guilty to federal charges on Tuesday for their role in smuggling more than $69 million in counterfeit Nike shoes into the United States through Nogales, and other locations. |
USA |
5/31/2007 |
CIB-7-2756 |
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| Counterfeit Hair Exported from Bangladesh |
Cosmetics |
| Burmese hair traders are currently facing problems in the hair-trade business, as many Bangladesh hair traders have been exporting counterfeit hair from Bangladesh to Burma |
Bangladesh |
5/31/2007 |
CIB-7-2748 |
|
| Tainted Products Continue to Flow out of China |
Food & Beverage |
| ...the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced last Friday that it has intercepted a shipment of corn gluten from China contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid. |
Canada / China |
5/31/2007 |
CIB-7-2751 |
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| Counterfeit caviar and meat found in Krasnoyarsk supermarket |
Food & Beverage |
| The federal agricultural regulatory agency Rosselkhoznadzor found counterfeit caviar in "Fenix" Krasnoyarsk supermarket in Krasnoyarsky Rabochy Prospect |
Russia |
5/29/2007 |
CIB-7-2736 |
|
| Three People Arrested in Japan in Counterfeit Burberry Case |
Luxury Goods |
| Japanese police arrested three people yesterday on suspicion that they imported and intended to sell about 50,000 fake Burberry-brand items. |
Japan |
5/31/2007 |
CIB-7-2753 |
|
| NBI agents seize P1.8M fake Louis Vuitton items |
Luxury Goods |
| Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) seized more then P 1.8 million worth of counterfeit Louis Vuitton products in a series of operations, the bureau reported Sunday. |
Philippines |
06/03/2007 |
CIB-7-2775 |
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| Three convicted in Hong Kong piracy case |
Movies |
| Three members of the gang were convicted and sentenced to prison for periods ranging from 31 months to six years and six weeks. |
Hong Kong |
06/01/2007 |
CIB-7-2766 |
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| Video Piracy Cell being streamlined |
Movies |
| Faced with what appears to be a never-ending menace, the functioning of the Video Piracy Cell (VPC) of the State Police is being streamlined to meet the challenge. |
India |
06/01/2007 |
CIB-7-2770 |
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| Four pirates face billion-ringgit fine |
Movies |
| Four people, including two Indonesian women, caught with 60,000 pirated VCDs and DVDs are liable to face a whopping RM1.2bil fine under the Copyright Act 1987. |
Malaysia |
5/29/2007 |
CIB-7-2735 |
|
| UK recorded music industry awarded substantial damages against CD Wow |
Music |
| The BPI has announced that the UK record industry has been awarded a substantial sum in damages against internet retailer CD Wow |
UK |
5/29/2007 |
CIB-7-2731 |
|
| China ex-food & drug safety chief sentenced to death |
Pharmaceuticals |
| China sentenced the former head of its food and drugs agency to death for corruption on Tuesday in a surprise judgment as the government sought to contain a wave of scandals over health safety |
China |
5/29/2007 |
CIB-7-2732 |
|
| Chinese sue hospital after fatal fake injections |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Families of Chinese patients killed by a fake medical ingredient maker linked to widespread deaths in Panama have sued the southern Chinese hospital that gave toxic injections |
China |
5/29/2007 |
CIB-7-2738 |
|
| China's drastic solution to drugs scandal |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Zheng Xiaoyu used to be one of the most trusted men in China. |
China |
5/30/2007 |
CIB-7-2747 |
|
| Fake cancer drugs probe launched |
Pharmaceuticals |
| A criminal investigation has been launched after a counterfeit batch of drugs used in the treatment of prostate cancer was discovered. |
UK |
06/02/2007 |
CIB-7-2762 |
|
| Clinic accused of bilking Medicare for fake HIV shots |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Twelve people are accused of racketeering, theft and fraud after a Belle Glade, Fla., clinic is suspected of collecting more than $5 million from Medicare and Medicaid for fake HIV treatments. |
USA |
06/01/2007 |
CIB-7-2768 |
|
| Police Search Kasyanov’s Office in Tula for Pirated Software |
Software |
| Police seized a PC and allegedly pirated software from an office of the People’s Democratic Union in Tula |
Russia |
5/30/2007 |
CIB-7-2741 |
|
| Russia: 8 months in colony for piracy |
Software |
| Former member of the Iceberg retail chain will spend 8 months in a penal colony. |
Russia |
5/31/2007 |
CIB-7-2758 |
|
| Microsoft defeat near Moscow |
Software |
| Victor Zudenko, Yunitehnoplast plant top manager, accused of counterfeit Microsoft software production was acquitted by the Lobnya court. |
Russia |
06/01/2007 |
CIB-7-2767 |
|
| Former Mayor Sentenced to 5 Months for Counterfeiting |
zCurrency |
| The former mayor of Lake City has been sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of counterfeit currency. |
USA |
06/02/2007 |
CIB-7-2763 |
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| 20 nabbed in fake-ID operations |
zDocumentation |
| The arrests capped a three-month inquiry, with authorities seizing $17,000 in cash, 17 computers and 15 vehicles. |
USA |
5/31/2007 |
CIB-7-2750 |
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