These operations have become highly sophisticated. wellfinanced. mobile. and international in scope. In March 1995. more than 10.5 million dollars worth of counterfeit software was found during a raid in California that also turned up semiautomatic weapons. handguns. and military explosives. Newspaper stories report that those who were arrested are under investigation for their link to organized crime. a link that may reach from China. Hong Kong. and Taiwan to southern Californias immigrant neighborhoods. These criminal networks have distribution systems as diverse as any modern corporation. Counterfeiters know that although criminal penalties exist on the books. criminal actions are rarely initiated against counterfeiters.
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