Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and Terrorism

This volume examines the involvement of organized-crime and terrorist groups in product counterfeiting. The authors present case studies of film piracy in order to illustrate the problem of criminal— and perhaps terrorist—groups using this new high-payoff, low-risk way to fund their activities. The case studies provide compelling evidence of a broad, geographically dispersed, and continuing connection between film piracy and organized crime, as well as evidence that terrorist groups have used the proceeds of film piracy to finance their activities. Cooperation among law enforcement and governments worldwide is needed to combat intellectual-property theft, which threatens the global information economy, public safety, and national security. The authors present an agenda of measures for improved law enforcement of intellectual property theft.
This e-book includes three appendixes that were provided on CD-ROM with the paperback version.