National Police arrested last year 270 people for crimes against intellectual property and has opened thirteen operations related to counterfeiting and copying of audiovisual works, films, games or software .
On the occasion of the celebration of World Intellectual Property Organization, the General Directorate of Police has revealed the results of the operations in 2012 against conduct that violates the right of the intellectual property.
So, the central units of the police arrested more than a hundred people for intellectual property crimes, to which must be added another 164 arrested for territorial groups of the body, which represents 50% less than in 2011, where the figure reached 317 arrests.
In 2012 developed 57 operations against such crimes , among which the dismantling of one network located in Ukraine that was hacking domestic and foreign publications to sell a virtual newsstand, which brought them a profit of 120,000 euros.
Meanwhile, last June the agents investigated the illegal trade in soap operas via internet , an operation that ended with five arrests and the dismantling of four production of pirated copies.
Agents also seized in Murcia more 20,000 counterfeit CDs and DVDs, in an operation that led to the arrest of seven people.
addition, so far this year, the Anti-Piracy Group Technological Research Brigade has conducted seven operations crimes intellectual property and arrested seven people, in addition to open another thirteen.
reminds Police currently imitation or counterfeit software, games and computer software have surpassed or counterfeit copies of audiovisual works and film because the download of these copies can pose dangers for users to damage your computer with viruses or corrupted files.
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