Business Ethics - 12/2006

By ETCO

28 / 12 / 2006 - Federal Highway Police seize 5,4 million pirated CDs and DVDs in 2006

27 / 12 / 2006 - Anvisa seizes batch of counterfeit medicine used against sexual impotence

25 / 12 / 2006 - Butantan Institute researcher accused of illegally sending animals abroad

22 / 12 / 2006 - Federal Highway Police seized, from January to September, three times more fake CDs and DVDs than in the entire year of 2005

21 / 12 / 2006 - Federal Revenue inspectors seize material worth R$ 1 million at an imported fair in Brasília

20 / 12 / 2006 - According to IDC, consumers prefer to buy computers from official manufacturers because of warranty and technical assistance.

19 / 12 / 2006 - Ministry of Justice encourages the creation of police stations specialized in combating piracy

18 / 12 / 2006 - Government creates rules to monitor the quality of milk and dairy products in the country

15 / 12 / 2006 - Clandestine hydrated alcohol market represents 26% of the sector's total

14 / 12 / 2006 - Organized crime controlled 44 gas stations in the State of São Paulo

13 / 12 / 2006 - Indians receive a certificate from Fiesp on the exploration of Brazil nut oil, which will be used by the cosmetics industry

12 / 12 / 2006 - PF arrests five members of a gang of students who defrauded public examinations and entrance exams

11 / 12 / 2006 - Review commissioned by the British government rejects request from record companies to extend copyright term

08 / 12 / 2006 - Optical sector companies to invest in the fight against piracy in 2007

07 / 12 / 2006 - PF increases inspection of access roads to the Pantanal to fight biopiracy

07 / 12 / 2006 - Three out of four Brazilians buy pirated products. Most come from abroad

06 / 12 / 2006 - Government fails to collect R$ 18,5 billion a year from piracy of clothes, sneakers and toys

05 / 12 / 2006 - Brazil reduced the sale of pirated CDs by 40% in the last three years

04 / 12 / 2006 - Federal Revenue Office in Cascavel seizes R$900 in pirated goods in the second half of November

01 / 12 / 2006 - Federal Revenue and Sebrae partner to implement the General Law on Micro and Small Businesses in the country

01 / 12 / 2006 - Pay TV company discovers gang boss who forged documents and stole TV signals