National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
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RECENT NEWS
2021/12/20 09:47:00 UTC
Operation Safety Claus seizes counterfeits worth $1M
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans seized more than 59,000 counterfeit items valued at more than $1 million during a holiday-related intellectual property rights surge operation. The enforcement operation was supported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, with support from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations.
2021/12/09 09:29:00 UTC
Missiles seized, Iranian regime criminal activities interrupted
The Justice Department has announced the successful forfeiture of two large caches of Iranian arms, including surface-to-air missiles, anti-tank missiles, and approximately 1.1 million barrels of Iranian petroleum products in a case investigated jointly with Homeland Security Investigations.
2021/12/07 13:22:00 UTC
Operation “In Our Sites" yields counterfeit goods worth $3M
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and Europol have seized or shut down more than 490,475 websites illegally selling counterfeit goods and other copyright-protected material to unsuspecting consumers this past year, enhancing safety for holiday shoppers for more than a decade.
Quick Links
- National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
- Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC)
- Law-Enforcement Online (For Law-Enforcement Only)
- Acquisition Professional Training
- 2019 Intellectual Property Rights Seizure Statistics
- 2020 Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress
- Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods: Report to the President of the United States
Report IP Theft
To report violations of intellectual property rights, including counterfeiting, IP Theft and piracy, to the National IPR Coordination Center, click here.
Report COVID-19 Fraud
To report suspected illicit criminal activity or fraudulent schemes related to the COVID-19 pandemic, email covid19fraud@dhs.gov.