On December 23, 2008, The Los Angeles Anti Piracy Taskforce held a press conference in Los Angeles. Investigative Consultants assisted the LAPD and LASD in multiple brand protection enforcement actions targeting music piracy and trademark counterfeiters leading up to the conference. The taskforce addressed the issues of intellectual property protection and the need for anti counterfeiting coalitions. There is solid evidence that counterfeiting and piracy funds terrorism and organized crime groups and that is one of the reasons why the counterfeiting laws throughout the United States have been toughened.
The Anti Counterfeiting Group assembled at the conference, included city and county officials, along with various law enforcement officials. The taskforce members spoke about movie piracy statistics and music piracy statistics, along what efforts need to take place to increase intellectual property protection.
Investigative Consultants identified numerous trademark counterfeiting and music piracy operations in the weeks leading up to the press conference. Based on the information provided by Investigative Consultants, law enforcement arrested 32 people for the sales of counterfeit products and music piracy violations. Law enforcement seized over 8 million dollars worth of counterfeit products. Investigative Consultants applauds the work of the taskforce and the anti counterfeiting coalitions.
By Investigative Consultants
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