National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
RECENT NEWS
2020/09/22 16:10:00 UTC
Illicit cigarettes seized in black market probe worth nearly $5M
CARTAGENA, Colombia – Homeland Security Investigations–Cartagena, working cooperatively with Colombian authorities, have seized more than two million packs of cigarettes worth nearly $2.3 million as part of an ongoing joint investigation of counterfeit cigarettes believed to be part of an illegal trade of black-market tobacco.
2020/09/16 10:20:00 UTC
Motion Picture Association signs up to assist the IPR Center with anti-piracy efforts
WASHINGTON D.C. – The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) as well as CTAM, the industry marketing organization, today announced a multi-layered partnership designed to strengthen innovation and collaboration within the organizations’ collective content protection efforts.
2020/09/01 19:49:00 UTC
HSI probe targets businesses linked to money laundering, drug cartels
A west coast fashion district clothing importer and the company’s owner face federal charges following a Homeland Security Investigations probe targeting businesses linked to money laundering or drug cartels.
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