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The Entertainment Software Association Monday lauded efforts by P...

The Entertainment Software Association Monday lauded efforts by Paraguay’s Specialized Technical Unit and its Intellectual Property Rights Prosecutor to fight game piracy. The authorities there seized 27 suitcases holding 50,000-plus pirate game software discs. The agents confiscated the bags…

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from a plane landing at Asuncion, Paraguay, from Dubai, making one arrest, ESA said. ESA set up a Paraguayan anti- piracy program “specifically to support local efforts to address the traffic of pirated products through the country,” said ESA CEO Michael Gallagher. Suspect Ali Hani Zeineddine was charged with criminal copyright and trademark infringement, ESA said. Seized discs included such PS2 and Xbox 360 games as Grand Theft Auto, Medal of Honor, FIFA Street II, Call of Duty 3 and 4, Midnight Club 3, Crash of the Titans and Ratatouille, it said.