Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed

BBC News has details on a video game crime ring broken-up by Italian authorities that resulted in the seizure of counterfeit video games and consoles with a street value of over US$52 million (thanks brother19). The seized games "all from China" are reportedly now destroyed, and nine individuals face up to eight years in prison for trading in counterfeit goods. Word is the games were titles popular in the 1980s-90s, and the consoles were imitations of Nintendo, Sega, and Atari systems which "did not meet strict safety standards."

Around 12,000 consoles holding over 47 million pirated video games were seized by police, Alessandro Langella, head of the economic crime unit for Turin's financial police, told the AFP news agency.

The haul had an estimated value of €47.5m, Mr Langella said, a figure which includes the value of the consoles and hundreds of licenses for the pirated programs.

They were "all from China" and were imported to be sold in specialised shops or online, Mr Langella said.
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 21:54
Prez
 
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 21:54
Sep 14, 2024, 21:54
 Prez
 
Goddammit I have that double posting disease again
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Sep 14, 2024, 21:54
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 21:54
Sep 14, 2024, 21:54
 
Calling something "alleged" is what you are legally obligated to do until something is proven.

I swear to God, Hunter truthers strive to be as obtuse as possible. Off to the ignore list.

And this wasn't taking bait, it's establishing either bad faith or stupidity in order to make sure I'm not missing much when hitting the ignore button
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 21:48
NKD
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 21:48
Sep 14, 2024, 21:48
NKD
 
Prez wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 21:45:
NKD wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 21:36:
All of this irrelevant off-topic arguing. All started by some troll with a 3 week old account. You guys need to stop taking obvious bait.

Agreed. I got taken in hook line and sinker. And I am usually the one saying what you are saying. I'll take the 'L' and do my penance.

While wearing the slippers.
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 21:45
Prez
 
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Sep 14, 2024, 21:45
 Prez
 
NKD wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 21:36:
All of this irrelevant off-topic arguing. All started by some troll with a 3 week old account. You guys need to stop taking obvious bait.

Agreed. I got taken in hook line and sinker. And I am usually the one saying what you are saying. I'll take the 'L' and do my penance.
"The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 21:36
NKD
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 21:36
Sep 14, 2024, 21:36
NKD
 
All of this irrelevant off-topic arguing. All started by some troll with a 3 week old account. You guys need to stop taking obvious bait.
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
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Sep 14, 2024, 21:01
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 21:01
Sep 14, 2024, 21:01
 
What exactly is fake, and where exactly is your proof? Just saying something is fake doesn't make it so.
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 20:04
Prez
 
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 20:04
Sep 14, 2024, 20:04
 Prez
 
I actually started checking those links then I gave up. "Fake News" isn't fake if they got 90% of the story right, and if they report what Ukrainian generals are claiming, that is not fake news. The generals would be the one's lying, not the publication. That's ignoring that war reporting can be very inaccurate when you are reporting on events that are currently taking place. I stopped when I read an article mentioning "Trump's pee pee" or some such ludicrous stuff. Are we 10 or something? Read what you like, believe what you like. I just know that I don't care. I must be extra bored today or something.
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 19:29
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 19:29
Sep 14, 2024, 19:29
 
Cutter wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 16:23:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 15:34:
Cutter wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 15:05:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 13:47:
Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
Take that with a pinch of salt as the BBC have lost their way lately and spout al manner of untruths in the name of news.

Can you give us specific examples?
I know Wikipedia isn't the best place to start but neither is the BBC nowadays but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/23/when-the-bbc-did-fake-news you don't have to look hard nowadays, shame really as the BBC used to be a trustworthy source but the fact they refuse to call the Hamas terrorists says a lot about the modern BBC and the way they try to hide all the paedo's is yet another way they have lost their way lately.

Yeah. Sure. Okay, pray tell, who do you consider an actual, truthful, reliable news source? Why would the BBC lie about a story like this? What, in this universe or any other, is the possible upside for them in doing so? You know counterfeit products are a huge problem in Italy right? Ever walk around the market outside the Mercato Centrale in Florence? I have and seen it all first hand. Then again, I could be lying and just looking for clicks.
Thats so funny I said take with a pinch of salt and you WRONGLY read they were lying, go figure.

No, you said they're a news organization that consistently lies about everything. And I asked you why that is. People, businesses in particular, don't do things unless there's something to gain. So what exactly are they gaining with "fake news" like this? What's the upside to this for them? Clickbait? They're just making shit up for make a few more pounds? Is that it? So either you or them is intentionally sowing disinformation and there's nothing funny about that.

Not making shit up for a few more pounds. Just writing what they are told to write for a few more pounds.

MSM Fake news is everywhere:

Not alleged, laptop was real.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct39sw

It was always the lab but that didn't fit the needed narrative, hence:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57268111

No police were killed on Jan 6:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-56620242

Bonus: Joe showering with his daughter...(diary was real, not fake)
https://shorturl.at/gOZWO

Charlottesville Hoax:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/
https://shorturl.at/spNTg

Fake Steele Dossier:
https://www.vox.com/2018/1/5/16845704/steele-dossier-russia-trump

Fake Pee tape:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-trump-pee-pee-tape/

Ukraine fake, fake, fake:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66323354
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-65898762
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66796358
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66702244

ALL MSM is corrupt.
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Sep 14, 2024, 17:26
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 17:26
Sep 14, 2024, 17:26
 
All from China is the only words I need to know.

Fxxk CCP
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 17:16
Prez
 
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 17:16
Sep 14, 2024, 17:16
 Prez
 
"Take it with a pinch of salt" essentially used to mean that you should expect that what you might read could be incorrect in some fashion. I would say that any information that you are given about anything should be taken that way.

The point brought up, that a label used is not what you would use or is improperly applied, doesn't prove that they are incorrect regardless of what they might report on. Rather, I assume, that they would prefer not to tacitly support one viewpoint or another while trying to stay neutral in their reporting. More to the point, what does it matter what any group is categorized as?

The most salient point, in my view, is what the hell does any of this have to do with a counterfeit gaming ring?

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Sep 14, 2024, 16:23
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed Sep 14, 2024, 16:23
Sep 14, 2024, 16:23
 
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 15:34:
Cutter wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 15:05:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 13:47:
Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
Take that with a pinch of salt as the BBC have lost their way lately and spout al manner of untruths in the name of news.

Can you give us specific examples?
I know Wikipedia isn't the best place to start but neither is the BBC nowadays but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/23/when-the-bbc-did-fake-news you don't have to look hard nowadays, shame really as the BBC used to be a trustworthy source but the fact they refuse to call the Hamas terrorists says a lot about the modern BBC and the way they try to hide all the paedo's is yet another way they have lost their way lately.

Yeah. Sure. Okay, pray tell, who do you consider an actual, truthful, reliable news source? Why would the BBC lie about a story like this? What, in this universe or any other, is the possible upside for them in doing so? You know counterfeit products are a huge problem in Italy right? Ever walk around the market outside the Mercato Centrale in Florence? I have and seen it all first hand. Then again, I could be lying and just looking for clicks.
Thats so funny I said take with a pinch of salt and you WRONGLY read they were lying, go figure.

No, you said they're a news organization that consistently lies about everything. And I asked you why that is. People, businesses in particular, don't do things unless there's something to gain. So what exactly are they gaining with "fake news" like this? What's the upside to this for them? Clickbait? They're just making shit up for make a few more pounds? Is that it? So either you or them is intentionally sowing disinformation and there's nothing funny about that.
"Van Gogh painted alone and in despair and in madness and sold one picture in his entire life. Millions struggled alone, unrecognized, and struggled as heroically as any famous hero. Was it worthless? I knew it wasn't."
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Sep 14, 2024, 15:39
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Sep 14, 2024, 15:39
 

Wikipedia should never be used as a reference for a serious conversation given that it's as easily manipulated as the stock market. That being said, you can honestly say this about all of main stream news media these days. They're all garbage and untrustworthy.
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Sep 14, 2024, 15:34
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Sep 14, 2024, 15:34
 
Cutter wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 15:05:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 13:47:
Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
Take that with a pinch of salt as the BBC have lost their way lately and spout al manner of untruths in the name of news.

Can you give us specific examples?
I know Wikipedia isn't the best place to start but neither is the BBC nowadays but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/23/when-the-bbc-did-fake-news you don't have to look hard nowadays, shame really as the BBC used to be a trustworthy source but the fact they refuse to call the Hamas terrorists says a lot about the modern BBC and the way they try to hide all the paedo's is yet another way they have lost their way lately.

Yeah. Sure. Okay, pray tell, who do you consider an actual, truthful, reliable news source? Why would the BBC lie about a story like this? What, in this universe or any other, is the possible upside for them in doing so? You know counterfeit products are a huge problem in Italy right? Ever walk around the market outside the Mercato Centrale in Florence? I have and seen it all first hand. Then again, I could be lying and just looking for clicks.
Thats so funny I said take with a pinch of salt and you WRONGLY read they were lying, go figure.
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Sep 14, 2024, 15:05
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Sep 14, 2024, 15:05
 
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 13:47:
Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
Take that with a pinch of salt as the BBC have lost their way lately and spout al manner of untruths in the name of news.

Can you give us specific examples?
I know Wikipedia isn't the best place to start but neither is the BBC nowadays but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/23/when-the-bbc-did-fake-news you don't have to look hard nowadays, shame really as the BBC used to be a trustworthy source but the fact they refuse to call the Hamas terrorists says a lot about the modern BBC and the way they try to hide all the paedo's is yet another way they have lost their way lately.

Yeah. Sure. Okay, pray tell, who do you consider an actual, truthful, reliable news source? Why would the BBC lie about a story like this? What, in this universe or any other, is the possible upside for them in doing so? You know counterfeit products are a huge problem in Italy right? Ever walk around the market outside the Mercato Centrale in Florence? I have and seen it all first hand. Then again, I could be lying and just looking for clicks.
"Van Gogh painted alone and in despair and in madness and sold one picture in his entire life. Millions struggled alone, unrecognized, and struggled as heroically as any famous hero. Was it worthless? I knew it wasn't."
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Sep 14, 2024, 14:06
Jivaro
 
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Sep 14, 2024, 14:06
 Jivaro
 
Beamer, you know it's bait. If it's not bait....it goes nowhere anyway.
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 13:53
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Sep 14, 2024, 13:53
 
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 13:47:
Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
Take that with a pinch of salt as the BBC have lost their way lately and spout al manner of untruths in the name of news.

Can you give us specific examples?
I know Wikipedia isn't the best place to start but neither is the BBC nowadays but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/23/when-the-bbc-did-fake-news you don't have to look hard nowadays, shame really as the BBC used to be a trustworthy source but the fact they refuse to call the Hamas terrorists says a lot about the modern BBC and the way they try to hide all the paedo's is yet another way they have lost their way lately.

You say they've "lost their way lately," but virtually every example from those links provided is over 70 years old.

I guess I'll be blunt - do you mean actually making things up, or do you mean covering Brexit, COVID, or Farage in ways you don't like?
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Sep 14, 2024, 13:47
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Sep 14, 2024, 13:47
 
Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
Take that with a pinch of salt as the BBC have lost their way lately and spout al manner of untruths in the name of news.

Can you give us specific examples?
I know Wikipedia isn't the best place to start but neither is the BBC nowadays but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/23/when-the-bbc-did-fake-news you don't have to look hard nowadays, shame really as the BBC used to be a trustworthy source but the fact they refuse to call the Hamas terrorists says a lot about the modern BBC and the way they try to hide all the paedo's is yet another way they have lost their way lately.
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Sep 14, 2024, 13:34
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Nine Italian nationals have been arrested and charged with trading in counterfeited goods.
If found guilty, they face up to eight years in prison.

Bloody hell, dancing with possibly 8 years of jail time.
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Re: Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed
Sep 14, 2024, 13:08
Jivaro
 
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Sep 14, 2024, 13:08
 Jivaro
 
In the nineties you could get any video game that was on CD in Europe or the US from a Russian sourced distro system. The labels and cds usually looked different then the retail version, but if you had never seen the retail version they looked pretty believable I suppose. I still have about 50 of them in a seperate spot of my game collection. I got all of the games I didn't already own a legit copy of on GOG or something years ago, so now its just the shelf in my collection labeled: "I was poor in the wild wild west of the video game industry". I even keep the actual CDs in a giant faux leather zip up CD "binder" to keep that 90s feel.
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Sep 14, 2024, 12:24
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You should direct your skepticism at Agence France-Presse, then, since the BBC is just relaying one of their stories.
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