Chile Dismantles Book
Forgery Ring
Pirate books worth about
$2 million were seized
as part of a large
police operation
extolled on Friday by
president of the Chilean
Book Chamber Eduardo
Castillo.
Over 80,000 forged books
by several authors were
seized on Thursday by
BRIDEPI (Intellectual
Property Crime Brigade)
of the Investigation
Police, which arrested
five people who were in
charge of the large
clandestine warehouse.
Forged books included
works by Laura Esquivel,
Ernesto Sabato, Gabriel
Garcia Marquez and
numerous school texts,
Castillo, who is also
president of CONAPI
(National Anti-Piracy
Committee), told Prensa
Latina. |
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