China's Ministry of Public Security released details of 10 major piracy cases involving infringement of foreign intellectual property rights (IPR) Tuesday.
6 M1 _+ ?: ?8 N/ f4 V7 H Between August and September this year, police forces from Tianjin Municipality and Henan Province joined hands with the United States customs authorities to destroy a transnational fake drug manufacturing and sales network involving 11 countries, seizing 440,000 counterfeit filters, worth 40 million yuan (US$4.9 million) and 260 kilograms of materials. Eight suspects were arrested.8 y& |# E6 G; u# i9 ~- h
In June, the police from Tianjin arrested two persons suspected of selling 25.65 million pieces of fake medicine, worth 1.7 million yuan. H% e0 ^8 B' x; p2 D
In March, the public security bureau of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province in East China, arrested a group of pirates led by a Lebanese national who had been engaged in manufacturing and selling counterfeit versions of international cosmetics brands worth US$2 million. The police seized 1.6 million packs.4 @2 `* X: j, L4 L Q
In February, Shanghai police arrested three Taiwan residents who had been involved in the selling of counterfeit car parts of famous Japanese makers, worth about 10 million yuan.
2 A9 \: g2 z* F3 n8 P In January, the police in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, destroyed a network manufacturing fake Gillette shaving devices, worth 30 million yuan.$ Q' e/ s7 ]" t
In November, Shanghai police arrested six suspects, including a British national, who were involved in illegally manufacturing and selling fake cosmetics worth more than 5 million yuan. The British national was expelled from the country |