The following is excerpted from a December 9, 2011 press release from the World Customs Organization.
Twelve countries have united to launch Operation Tigre 2, an enforcement operation to combat counterfeiting and piracy led jointly by the WCO and the Panama Customs administration with funding provided by the Japanese government.
Tigre 2 will build on the successes of Tigre 1, which recorded seizures of approximately 3.5 million counterfeit goods, including medicines, pharmaceutical products, mechanical spare parts, and food products to name a few.
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