COUNTERFEITING
August 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLINTERPOL secretary general Ronald K Noble has warned networks pedalling pirated CDs and DVDs, and counterfeit clothing, computer software, and cigarettes are financing terror groups, such as Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Chechen separatists, Kosovan extremists and Northern Ireland paramilitaries. He called for increased industry-police cooperation, such as national anti-counterfeiting police contact points. The European Commission recently estimated counterfeiting and piracy accounts for five-seven per cent of international trade, causing more than Euro 2 ...
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