Flávia Albuquerque
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Brasília - Yesterday (20), in São Paulo, the Federal Police (PF) destroyed 90 tons of phony watches, millions of CDs and DVDs, 141 thousand boxes of beauty products, and 1.3 million pairs of eyeglasses, worth a total of US$ 52.8 million. The counterfeit merchandise had all been seized in four PF operations directed against the Chinese black marketeer, Law Kin Chong, in 2004 and 2005.

The immolation ceremony counted on the presence of the minister of Justice, Márcio Thomaz Bastos, the general director of the PF, Paulo Lacerda, and the executive secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Luiz Paulo Barreto, who is also president of the National Council to Combat Piracy.

Translation: David Silberstein