U.S. Agencies Announce Initiative to Combat Intellectual Property Crime

On July 23, 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Customs Service announced the establishment of a law enforcement initiative directed at combating the increasing challenge of piracy and counterfeiting of intellectual property, both domestically and internationally. The initiative will target the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, South Florida, the high tech corridors of California and the Boston metropolitan area. These targeted areas have port cities, where piracy and counterfeiting problems are most serious... [more]