In Luxembourgh, one of Europe's smallest countries that is mainly known because their financial policies, the police has made the largest-ever seizure of pirate CDs in Europe.
Luxembourg police, assisted by anti-piracy personnel from the international recording industry, raided two warehouses and report having seized around one million infringing CDs, with an estimated value of over ten million Euros at pirate prices
The CDs are mainly bootlegs of international artists' live performances including The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Guns N' Roses, Pink Floyd, REM, Rolling Stones and U2. |
The raids, carried out on November 20, followed information passed on to police by IFPI investigators. Police arrested a Dutch national who is resident in Luxembourg. He has been released pending further enquiries.
Iain Grant, IFPI's Head of Enforcement said: "We believe the investigation has uncovered a major source of illegal bootlegs supplying not just Europe, but many other parts of the world. We are grateful to the police in Luxembourg for all their assistance in cracking this case."
Read more about this here. Also in Europe piracy is an issue, pirate CDs are estimated to account for nearly half of the European Union's estimated 2 billion Euro pirate and counterfeiting business.
Source: MI2N.com
