PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY: ANTI-PIRACY" SWEEPS SEIZE MILLIONS IN COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES (COPS) BUREAU “ANTI-PIRACY” SWEEPS SEIZE MILLIONS IN COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE

 

 

WHO:              SHERIFF LEE BACA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, AND PRESIDENT BOB BARCHIESI, INTERNATIONAL ANTI-COUNTERFEIT COALITION (IACC).

 

WHAT:            COPS BUREAU MEMBERS WORKING WITH INVESTIGATIVE CONSULTANTS, THE IACC, THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF RAIDS TO COMBAT COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY CRIME THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA.   THESE CRIMES COST SOCIETY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST REVENUE.  SHERIFF BACA WILL DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THESE RAIDS AND HOW THESE CRIMES AFFECT US ALL.

           

WHEN:            WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008, AT 2:00 P.M.

                                   

WHERE:         SHERMAN BLOCK SHERIFF’S HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

                          4700 RAMONA BOULEVARD

                          MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA  91754

                         (THOMAS GUIDE PAGE 635, F-2)

           

NOTE:            CONFISCATED COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE AND VIDEO FROM THE RAIDS WILL BE ON DISPLAY.

                                   

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT DEPUTY JOHNIE JONES AT (323) 276-4811 OR SHERIFF’S HEADQUARTERS BUREAU AT (323) 267-4800.

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