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Procon-SP fines R $ 5 million for piracy

Press Release / Municipal Secretariat for Urban Security

 

The Procon-SP Foundation fined R $ 5 million to mall management companies in downtown São Paulo for piracy and illegal trade in products. In the 11 establishments, 16 million illegal products were seized.

The verification of irregularities occurred during the inspection carried out by the Integrated Security Management Office (GGI) and coordinated by the Municipal Secretariat of Urban Security of São Paulo, following the objectives of the Cidade Livre de Pirataria Program, which is managed by ETCO.

The action demonstrates the importance of integrating various public bodies and civil institutions for effectiveness in combating piracy and illegal trade. The initiative was only possible once Procon-SP, as a member of the Committee to Combat Piracy, participates in the operations coordinated by the Secretariat and has access to reports of the results of the seizures.

The company Maxim Administração e Participações Ltda., Fined R $ 4,5 million, manages the shopping malls 25 de Março I, II and III, Jhuta Fashion Mall, Korai, Galerias Imperial, 39, Boa, 960 and Florêncio, all located at Brás and Rua 25 de Março. The company Mundo Oriental Patrimonial, fined R $ 458 thousand, is responsible for the homonymous shopping mall Mundo Oriental, also in the city center.

 

Balance

Since 2010, when São Paulo joined the Cidade Livre de Pirataria Program, until now, the integrated actions of GGI totaled 49 joint operations and 128 one-off operations, which seized a total of 78 million illegal products. Of this total, 53 million were in commercial establishments - predominantly clothes, bags, watches and sneakers - and 25 million on the streets of the city, including CDs and DVDs, clothing and electronic accessories.

Of the products seized in commercial establishments, valued at more than R $ 2 billion, more than 50% have already been destroyed, with the recycling of materials, except for those listed in police investigations, those pending administrative resources and those that are pending to authorize the undoing.

Seminar reinforces connection between piracy and organized crime

Source: Ministry of Justice - 18/12/2012

When buying a pirated product, the citizen feeds the drug trade and the arms of criminal organizations. Society needs to be aware of the importance of buying original products and not feeding organized crimes. This was the keynote of the Seminar in Commemoration of the National Day to Combat Piracy, held this Monday (3/12), in the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice.

Present at the opening of the event, the Minister of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo, emphasized the need to confront this crime. “The fight against piracy belongs to society and the Brazilian State. The crime of piracy is connected to organized crime, so we are recognizing entities that develop actions in this area. This is an important role, which can encourage other actions, ”said the minister.

The Seminar featured four lectures. The executive president of the Brazilian Institute of Ethics in Competition (ETCO), Roberto Abdenur, spoke about the project “Cidade Livre de Pirataria”. A retired diplomat, the speaker was Brazil's ambassador to Ecuador, China, Germany and Austria and to international organizations in Vienna and the United States.

The ETCO president recalled that the National Council to Combat Piracy will be 10 years old in 2014. He stressed that, although there has been much progress in this period, there are still many challenges ahead. He also warned that piracy affects the country's image and investments by foreigners.

Executive President of the National Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP), Edson Luiz Vismona, presented the theme "Panorama of Piracy and Offenses against Intellectual Property today". Secretary of Justice and Defense of Citizenship of the State of São Paulo between 2000 and 2002, Vismona reported that frequent actions to combat piracy in São Paulo have changed the logistics of crime in Paraguay. He warned of the problem of legislation that favors crime. "We have judicial decisions in which the diversion is considered a crime against a tax order", he quoted. The speaker pointed out that the great piracy market in Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay is Brazil.

The Municipal Secretary of Urban Security of São Paulo, Edson Ortega, showed data from the “Experience of the Secretary of Urban Security of the Municipality of São Paulo in the fight against Piracy”. From December 2010 to October 2012, 72 million goods were seized in the capital, which corresponds to R $ 2,5 billion. “With the taxes related to [these pirated goods], about R $ 600 thousand were not collected, which would be enough to build 300 schools for 60 thousand children”, he calculated for the audience.

At the end of the event, the executive secretary of the CNCP, Rodolfo Tamanaha, presented the diagnosis of the National Plan to Combat Piracy. Lawyer, master of the University of Brasilia, Tamanaha stressed the need to discourage society from consuming pirated products. "We don't want to stigmatize the consumer, but we need to understand the barriers to accessing consumption," he warned.

During the ceremony, the city of Vitória (ES) signed a technical cooperation agreement with the CNCP. The numbers of seizures of pirated goods carried out by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) were also presented.

Awards - During the event, initiatives to combat piracy developed by entities in the Northeast, South and Southeast regions were awarded, in addition to a national award. This was the second edition of the National Award to Combat Piracy.

The 2nd National Award for Combating Piracy adopted as criteria for evaluating actions to combat piracy, developed between August 2011 and July 2012, the impact and benefit on society and the economy; initiative innovation and creativity; planning and coordination and potential for example and internal motivation.

Vitória joins the Free Piracy City Program

The fight against piracy in the country gained important reinforcement with the signing of the agreement between the city of Vitória, ES, and the National Council for Combating Piracy and Intellectual Property Offenses (CNCP) of the Ministry of Justice. Under the agreement, the capital of Espírito Santo becomes the 9th municipality in the program, which is coordinated by ETCO.

The act took place during an event in celebration of the National Day to Combat Piracy - December 3 - held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, in Brasília. The city of Vitória was represented by the municipal secretary of Urban Security, Alcemir Pantaleão Sobrinho. Through the CNCP, the president of the Council, Márcia Pelegrini, signed the agreement. The program now has six state capitals - São Paulo, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Cuiabá and Vitória - in addition to Brasília (DF) and the municipalities of Várzea Grande (MT) and Osasco (SP).

At the opening of the event, the Minister of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo, emphasized the need to face the crime of piracy. “The fight against piracy belongs to society and the Brazilian State. Piracy is connected to organized crime, which is why we are recognizing entities that develop actions in this area. This is an important role, which can encourage other initiatives, ”said the minister.

With the emphasis on the need to raise society's awareness of the importance of buying original products in order not to feed organized crime, the event also featured a seminar consisting of four lectures. The chief executive of ETCO, Roberto Abdenur, spoke about the progress of the Cidade Livre de Pirataria project and recalled that the CNCP will complete 10 years in 2014. “Although there has been a lot of progress in this period, there are still many challenges ahead. It is always worth remembering that the practice of piracy affects the country's image and inhibits foreign investments, ”said Abdenur.

In his lecture, the Municipal Secretary of Urban Security of São Paulo, Edson Ortega, showed data on the experience of the Secretariat of Urban Security of the Municipality of São Paulo in combating piracy. Between December 2010 and October 2012, 72 million goods were seized in the capital, which is equivalent to R $ 2,5 billion. São Paulo was the first municipality to join the Cidade Livre de Pirataria program.

The executive chairman of the National Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP), Edson Luiz Vismona, presented the theme “Panorama of Piracy and Offenses against Intellectual Property today”.

At the end of the seminar, the executive secretary of the CNCP, Rodolfo Tamanaha, presented the initial outline of the diagnosis of the National Plan to Combat Piracy. Lawyer, master of the University of Brasilia, Tamanaha stressed the need to discourage society from consuming pirated products. "We don't want to stigmatize the consumer, but we need to understand the barriers to accessing consumption," he warned.

Free Piracy City expands operations

An event held in the city of Cuiabá, in September, marked the announcement of the launch of the Cidade Livre de Pirataria Program in the capital of Mato Grosso and neighboring Várzea Grande. The program also included training for the training of public agents. The agreement between the two municipalities and the Ministry of Justice, which will be signed soon, will increase the number of participating cities to eight.

ETCO's executive director, Heloísa Ribeiro, present at the event, was very optimistic about the entry of new cities into the program. “As the 2014 FIFA World Cup approaches, the fight against piracy has become one of the priorities of the host cities, which have become ETCO's main focus for implementing the program”, explains Heloísa. Since 2009, ETCO has been working on the dissemination of Cidade Livre de Pirataria, which already has São Paulo, Curitiba, Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Osasco and Rio de Janeiro. According to Heloísa, in addition to Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, 8 more cities are already in negotiations to implement the program.

The president of the OAB / MT Intellectual Property and Copyright Commission, Geraldo Macedo, explained that the target audience for the training was public agents who deal directly with situations involving the search and seizure of illegal products, such as military, civil police, federal and highway officials, as well as criminal experts and municipal guards. Organized by the National Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP), the seminar provided guidelines for recognizing products that may be targets of piracy, such as electronics and cell phones, glasses and watches, cigarettes, software, shoes, sports equipment, toys, among others. others.

Macedo points out that “as soon as Brazil committed itself to hosting the 2014 World Cup, it became responsible for inspections and for the training of public officials to prevent the misuse of its symbols”. Geraldo Macedo suggests that government officials pay attention to the General Cup Law (Law 12.663 / 2012), already in force, where all these issues are regulated.

The executive director of ETCO emphasizes the importance of support from the OAB / MT Intellectual Property and Copyright Commission. "Counting on civil society organizations is fundamental to the success of the program, and the support of the OAB / MT was decisive for the implementation of the agreement".

São Paulo advances in the fight against illegal trade

The city of São Paulo remains an example in the fight against illegal trade. The first city to join the Cidade Livre de Pirataria Program, between December 2010 and August 2012, the capital of São Paulo accumulated more than 70 million illegal seized products.

According to the latest balance of operations to combat piracy, smuggling and tax evasion, coordinated by the Security Office of the Municipal Secretariat for Urban Security, of the total seized, 50 million products come from commercial establishments and are valued at R $ 2 billion. These apprehensions result from 42 operations integrated with federal, state and municipal bodies.

The remaining 20 million illegal products were seized in joint operations by the Subprefectures, Metropolitan Civil Guard (GCM) and Delegated Operation.

During the period, more than 600 foreigners were arrested for being without regular documentation, 150 of them were notified by the Federal Police to leave the country.

Cuiabá and Várzea Grande sign agreement against piracy

Source: CDL Uberaba - 10/10/2012

The fight against piracy in the country will gain an important reinforcement with the signing of an agreement by the City Halls of Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, in Mato Grosso, to enter the “Cidade Livre de Pirataria”, program of the National Council to Combat Piracy and Crimes against Property Intellectual Property (CNCP) of the Ministry of Justice, coordinated by the Brazilian Institute of Competition Ethics (ETCO).

In addition to signing the agreement, the program will include training to recognize products that may be targets for piracy, such as electronics and cell phones, glasses and watches, cigarettes, software, footwear, sports materials, toys, among others.

The Institute has been working on the dissemination of the Cidade Livre de Pirataria program, which is already implemented in the cities of São Paulo, Curitiba, Federal District, Belo Horizonte, Osasco and Rio de Janeiro, in order to encourage the fight against illegal trade.

World Cup 2014 - On June 19, Brazil signed a technical cooperation agreement with FIFA to work on strategies to protect brands and products related to games in the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The goal is that until by the end of 2013 all host cities for the games will have the Free City of Piracy program.

Meeting assesses security, joint actions and priorities in the Capital

Source: Gazeta de Interlagos - 10/10/2012

Members of the Municipal Integrated Management Office, GGI-M “Security Office” participated in a meeting at the Matarazzo Building, to assess joint actions and priorities in the Capital. The Office, which has several fronts, is composed of members of the Federal, State and Municipal Governments, such as the Ministry of Justice-PRONASCI, Federal Police, ABIN, Federal Highway Police, Civil and Military Police, Secretariat of Justice, Fire Department , Municipal Secretaries of Urban Security, Subprefectures, Participation and Partnerships, Health, Social Assistance, Human Rights, Education, GCM, SAMU, Civil Defense, in addition to civil society organizations with Instituto Sou da Paz, National Forum to Combat Piracy and Instituto ETCO, among others.

During the meeting, the Municipal Secretary for Urban Security cited homicide rates in São Paulo, which after a small increase in June fell again in July, reaching the rate of 10 homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants. He also highlighted the success of actions against illegal trade, through the Committee to Combat Piracy, one of the fronts of joint work, which has already seized 52, 2 million pirated or illegal products in 13.208 stores, from 42 commercial establishments in the central region , during 160 operations of the Office. Of this total, 50 million seizures took place in 42 major operations that inspected 10.856 stores. Another 2.200 were in 2.352 stores / boxes, through the monitoring of inspected locations, since all malls and galleries that insist on selling illegal products undergo new intervention. Another factor highlighted was the role of the police, in order to prevent the entry of illegal products through ports, borders, airports and to check carts and trucks that circulate on highways carrying these irregular products.

The Municipal Integrated Management Office also approved the creation of the Committee to Combat Illegal Trade in Automotive Parts in order to inspect the places that illegally buy and sell this type of product. State government, municipality and Union bodies participate in it.

At the meeting, the representative of the Municipal Transportation Secretariat / Traffic Engineering Company (CET) showed the balance of the actions of the pedestrian protection program, to implement the culture of respect for pedestrians, initiated on May 11, 2011 in the central area and expanded in September of the same year to the entire city, and caused pedestrian accidents to fall 34% and deaths 40%, in relation to the previous year. For this purpose, in addition to the traffic agents, 900 crossing advisers were hired (number that will reach 1.400 by the end of the year), several educational campaigns in parks, squares, places of great circulation of people and through the media. Educational and awareness campaigns were also intensified for drivers who disrespect pedestrians. Another action presented by SMT / CET was the implantation and expansion of bike lanes and bike lanes throughout the city, encouraging people to use bicycles. There are already 82 km of bike lanes and 52 km of bike lanes in the city.

The Capital and the State unite in the fight against piracy

Source: Federation of Chambers of Shopkeepers of Santa Catarina - 05/10/2012

Piracy Combat Councils sign cooperation agreement

Jair Schmitt (Director of the State Council to Combat Piracy), Wanderley Redondo (President of the State Council to Combat Piracy), Sara Camargo (District Director of FCDL / SC - 25th District - and Director of the CDL of Florianópolis) and Hamilton da Rosa (Municipal Secretary of Security and Defense of the Citizen and President of the Municipal Council for Combating Piracy in Florianópolis)

Meeting took place at CDL Florianópolis headquarters

The capital and the state of Santa Catarina are fighting side by side in the fight against piracy. On October 2, a cooperation agreement was signed at the headquarters of the CDL in Florianópolis, between the Municipal Council for Combating Piracy and the State Council for Combating Piracy - Cecop. In practice, the municipal council becomes a component of the state council, and with that it is possible to articulate joint actions against the spoilage of copyright. The document signed by the president of the State Council, delegate Wanderley Redondo, and the secretary of Security and Defense of the Citizen and president of the municipal body, Hamilton Pacheco da Rosa.

The term was signed at a formal meeting of the city council, the sixth since the group was created. The event also served as a stage for the presentation of the Cidade Livre de Pirataria program, of the Ministry of Justice, to which the Capital must join in early December - it depends only on the mayor signing the agreement term. With the signing, Florianópolis will start to share the set of good practices to combat piracy, together with cities like São Paulo, Brasília, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte, Cuiabá, Rio de Janeiro and Osasco.

Cidade Livre de Pirataria exists since 2009, within the programs of the National Council to Combat Piracy. Márcio Gonçalves, of the ETCO Institute - member of the national council and responsible for the program - said that piracy in the world generates US $ 522 billion and costs 2 million formal jobs. “There is no magic formula for ending this. A set of actions is needed permanently to minimize the problem ”, he said. Therefore, the basic objective of Cidade Livre is to achieve “the effective and formal commitment of the municipalities to fight the periphery”, that is, the commitment to the execution of the “set of actions on a permanent basis”.