City Attorney to Announce Filings against Local Merchants for Sale of Counterfeit Items and Discuss Recent Efforts to Combat Counterfeit/Piracy Crimes NA11271rh

December 6, 2011

What:
News Conference
 
When:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
10 a.m.
                    
Where:
Union Rescue Mission- Rooftop
545 S. San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, Ca 90013
Who:
Los Angeles City Attorney, Carmen Trutanich
FBI Counterterrorism Division, Steven Gomez, Special Agent in Charge
LASD Commander Jack Jordan, Detective Division
LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese, Detective Bureau
Recording Industry Association of America, Marcus Cohen, Director of Investigations
Motion Pictures Association of America, Larry Hahn Director, U.S. Content Protection
                          
Why:
City Attorney Carmen Trutanich will host a press conference to discuss the most recent efforts to Combat counterfeit and piracy crimes.  He will discuss the filings of recent cases involving the sale and manufacture of counterfeit goods as well as the results of a multi-agency operation to crackdown on the sales of counterfeit goods in Downtown Los Angeles (“Bell Bottoms II”).

Seized counterfeit and pirated items will be displayed
    
Contact:
For further information, please contact City Attorney’s Public Information Officer Cindy Shin  at 213-978-3347 or Media Relations Section, at 213-486-5910.