Representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, UK Intellectual Property Office, and REACT were with CLDP in Prizren, Kosovo with colleagues from the Kosovan and Albanian governments to discuss Intellectual Property rights enforcement. 

📈 #IPR intensive industries have an outsized contribution to domestic economies in terms of GDP development, providing high-wage jobs, and attracting high-quality foreign investment

💰 IPR crime like counterfeiting and piracy have the highest global annual value of any illicit trade industry – even more than human trafficking and narcotics. Financial gains from these IPR crimes can be laundered and reinvested into other areas in which organized criminals work.  

💊 #Counterfeit pharmaceuticals, personal health products, food items, and alcohol often lead to serious personal injury or death.

🌲 Counterfeit items are made in unregulated factories, leaving room for environmental and social injustices to occur.