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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Sep 14, 2024, 12:21
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This is probably just the ones that got caught. Aren't these kinds of things offered regularly all over the world?

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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?
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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.
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