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Cisco seizes copycat goods in raid on Guangzhou syndicate

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Cisco Systems has raided a major counterfeiter of its networking products in Guangzhou, seizing more than 400 to 500 router modules worth more than US$1 million.

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Officers from the Technical Service and Public Security bureaus, acting in concert with Hong Kong-based private investigators employed by Cisco, raided factories in three locations in Guangzhou on Tuesday.

Two people were arrested.

In June, raids on seven factories in Shenzhen and Guangzhou resulted in the seizure of more than US$2 million worth of pirated products.

Terry Alberstein, Cisco's Asia-Pacific corporate affairs director, confirmed the raids yesterday, saying 'a significant amount of counterfeit Cisco hardware was seized by the mainland authorities'.

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'We are very pleased with the support we've been receiving from the authorities there. They seem to be taking the matter seriously,' Mr Alberstein said. 'It's all part of an increased effort on our part to eliminate the counterfeiting of our products.

'As long as counterfeiting activity takes place, we'll be keenly interested in finding out about it and doing anything we can to eliminate it.'

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