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1. Foreword
(by
Kunio
Mikuriya,
Secretary
General
of
the
World
Customs
Organization)
The
volume
of
illegally
trafficked
goods,
irresolute
criminal
legislations,
the
lack
of
consumer
information,
and
technological
development
all
contribute
to
the
escalation
of
counterfeiting
and
piracy.
One
only
needs
to
look
at
the
results
of
two
major
international
operations,
Operations
TIGRE
and
FRED
60,
carried
out
in
April
and
May
2011
by
the
World
Customs
Organization.
Operation
TIGRE,
from
11
to
15
April
2011,
involved
9
countries
and
13
ports
in
the
Central
America
and
Caribbean
region.
In
5
days,
more
than
3.5
million
counterfeit
products
were
intercepted,
including
19
tonnes
of
insecticides,
151,020
bottles
of
body
products
and
creams,
176,000
medicines,
648,000
spare
mobile
phone
parts
and
2
machines
used
to
manufacture
counterfeit
cigarettes.
It
would
appear
that
organized
crime
is
becoming
more
diverse
and,
in
particular,
targets
products
with
an
effect
on
consumer
health
and
safety.
Operation
Fred
60,
carried
out
from
9
to
13
May
2011
in
West
and
Central
Africa,
brought
together
20
countries
and
21
ports.
In
5
days,
125
containers
were
intercepted
containing
some
43
million
counterfeit
products:
more
than
8
million
medicines,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
spare
vehicle
parts,
thousands
of
toothpaste
tubes,
alcoholic
drinks,
food
products,
etc.
The
results
of
these
two
operations
alone,
confirm
this
as
being
a
major
pandemic
phenomenon.
The
only
way
of
overcoming
it
is
to
act
together
and
on
a
global
scale.
The
WCO
has
put
forward
a
concrete
action
plan
focusing
on
two
main
areas.
The
first
is
to
strengthen
the
capacities
of
customs
authorities,
through
a
committed
policy
on
education
on
legal
and
practical
aspects
in
developing
and
least
developed
countries,
which
are
prime
targets
for
counterfeiters,
by
promoting
risk
analysis
techniques.
To
this
end,
between
2010
and
2011,
the
Japanese
government
financed
training
in
some
140
countries.
The
second
focus
is
on
communication
between
stakeholders,
in
particular
customs
authorities,
the
private
sector
and
non-­‐governmental
organizations.
A
taskforce
on
counterfeiting
and
piracy
(CAP)
made
up
of
customs
representatives,
has
been
set
up
by
the
WCO
to
enable
customs
authorities
to
exchange
opinions,
experiences,
good
practices
and
initiatives.
Participants
also
include
the
members
of
the
Rights
Holders
Consultative
Group,
a
think
tank
attached
to
the
WCO
Secretariat,
which
works
collecting
the
opinions
of
stakeholders,
to
assist
in
taking
informed
decision.
This
is
not
an
institutional
body
of
the
WCO
in
the
same
capacity
as
the
technical
committees,
but
a
WCO
Secretariat
debate
and
advice
mechanism.
The
purpose
of
the
Rights
Holders
Consultative
Group
is
to
provide
the
WCO
with
the
direction
it
needs
to
effectively
address
the
practical
needs
of
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2. rights
holders
to
fight
against
counterfeiting
and
piracy,
and
to
offer
a
forum
for
exchange
on
cooperation
between
rights
holders
and
customs
officials.
To
this
end,
the
WCO
has
developed
an
interface
known
as
the
Interface
Public-­‐Members
(IPM).
This
is
a
user-­‐friendly
and
functional
instrument
that
provides
frontline
customs
officials
with
all
the
information
required
to
identify
counterfeit
or
pirated
products.
In
addition
to
information
on
the
products,
IPM
provides
information
on
regular
supply
routes,
packaging
characteristics,
previous
cases
of
counterfeiting,
rights
holders’
contact
information
in
each
country
and
information
on
distinctions
between
originals
and
fakes.
While
the
WCO
focuses
on
operational
aspects,
it
is
also
important
to
build
relationships
that
enable
the
up-­‐stream
consideration
of
issues.
To
this
end,
the
WCO
has
recently
established
an
agreement
protocol
with
the
WAITO
Foundation,
to
assist
in
raising
awareness
about
this
phenomenon
and
in
defining
an
effective
policy
to
fight
organized
crime.
I
am
convinced
that
this
agreement
protocol
between
the
WCO
and
the
WAITO
Foundation,
the
activities
of
the
latter
and
this
report
provide
solid
foundations
for
the
establishment
of
a
just
and
safe
society.
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and
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or
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3.
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all
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reserved.
No
part
of
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may
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reproduced
or
diffused
under
any
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or
by
any
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including
photocopies
and
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or
by
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recovery
system.