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01.13.2021
IPR Center forges formal partnership to stop counterfeit goods globally
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center has announced a formal partnership with the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition to protect legitimate manufacturers, retailers and consumers, across every sector of the global economy, by preventing illegal counterfeit goods from entering the United States.
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01.06.2021
Man sentenced to five years for selling fake DVDs
A Maine man has been sentenced to five years in prison and two years of supervised release for mail fraud and copyright infringement stemming from his online sales of counterfeit DVDs.
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12.09.2020
More than 100,000 counterfeit surgical masks seized in Texas
More than 100,000 counterfeit 3M N95 surgical masks destined to be used by hospital workers have been seized by HSI special agents and CBP officers in El Paso, Texas.
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11.24.2020
IPR Center, Amazon launch ‘Operation Fulfilled Action’ to stop counterfeits
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and Amazon today announced the launch of a joint operation to prevent counterfeit goods from entering the U.S. and help protect American consumers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and DHL are also supporting the operation.
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11.20.2020
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced Thursday the recipients of its 2020 Partnership Awards during theinaugural private sector recognition ceremony at its northern Virginia headquarters.
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11.17.2020
Online fraud skyrockets, consumers warned to beware
The need to protect consumers from fraud has escalated in the wake of COVID-19, prompting warnings from Homeland Security Investigations’ Global Trade Investigations Division (GTID). Steve Francis, assistant director of GTID who also serves as the director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, is warning consumers to beware. He’s published an article jointly with Underwriters Laboratories, entitled “The Hidden Dangers of Counterfeits,” as part of their Be Safe, Buy Real campaign.
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11.06.2020
HSI helps take down websites, apps pirating television shows, movies
U.S. law enforcement agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations, have joined Brazilian authorities in the takedown of numerous digital piracy sites and apps alleged to have caused millions of dollars in losses to U.S. media companies.
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10.23.2020
Illicit vapor products bring warnings
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) have announced a national campaign to work with law enforcement and community leaders to promote public health and safety by raising awareness and education on illicit vapor products.
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09.22.2020
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.
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09.16.2020
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.
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09.01.2020
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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08.27.2020
Counterfeit military gear revealed in HSI case
Two men investigated by 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 face sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of shipping counterfeit goods from China and Pakistan to US wholesalers; some distributed to members of the U.S. military.
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08.25.2020
HSI-Cartagena, Colombian authorities seize counterfeit goods worth $5M
CARTAGENA – Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-Cartagena reports the seizure of nearly 82,000 counterfeit items including Apple Air Pods, M·A·C cosmetics, Kipling bags and Oakley and Ray-Ban sunglasses that – if genuine – would have a street value of approximately $5 million.
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08.20.2020
HSI-Cartagena reports record maritime seizures of counterfeit cigarettes
Homeland Security Investigations-Cartagena's "Operation Up In Smoke" has resulted in the arrests of 22 individuals and the seizure of more than 2.2 million packs of counterfeit cigarettes with a street value in excess of $2 million.
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08.18.2020
Worldwide alert issued for counterfeiter
An INTERPOL Wanted Person Diffusion Red Notice has been issued for Lixiong Chen, alias John Chen, a co-defendant, named in a federal arrest warrant accusing him of conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods, and smuggling goods into the United States.
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