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Brazil Seizes US$ 87 Million in Contraband, a 130% Jump |
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Written by Shirley Prestes
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Tuesday, 22 November 2005 |
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The president of the Brazilian National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Violations, Márcio Gonçalves, said Monday, November 21, that the contraband seized in Brazil between November, 2004, and November of this year amounts to US$ 87 million.
According to Gonçalves, the value of the contraband seized in 2005 alone is 130% greater than in 2004.
During a talk at the Seminar on Piracy, Frauds, and Market Violations in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, he affirmed that "the main entryway for contraband is the Brazilian border with Paraguay, in Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná."
He added, however, that, after barriers were set up in the region, this type of activity diminished 60%.
The seminar, which ended Tuesday, November 22, is sponsored by the Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police Academy (Acadepol), in partnership with the National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Violations, an organ created in November, 2004, following a recommendation made by the Chamber of Deputy's Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy in its final report.
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if pirated goods and violations of intelectual property rights amount to
one third of your GDP, the goods that are contraband represents only a tiny portion of all goods pirated.$
So the true question is what about the pirated goods... produced in Brazil ? As they are at least 100 times bigger than the illegally imported goods !