CIACCertification Industry Against Counterfeiting

Brian Monks, CIAC Co-Chairwww.CIAC.info

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Certification Industry Against Counterfeiting

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Certification Industry Against Counterfeiting (CIAC)

The Certification Industry Against Counterfeiting was formed in March 2008 to combat the growing threat of products bearing counterfeit certification marks

11 of the world’s largest certification agencies are currently participating in CIAC

CIAC has formed a partnership with INTERPOL to combat these illegal marks under Operation Overshock

INTERPOL will coordinate and facilitate international enforcement initiatives and educational programs targeting transnational organized IP Crime groups

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

CIAC VisionCIAC and INTERPOL committed to making our world safer.

CIAC MissionThe Certification Industry Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative is an international network of certification organizations committed to stopping the worldwide proliferation of products bearing counterfeit certification marks that may endanger public health and safety.

Operation OvershockThe strategic intention of Operation Overshock is to effectively target transnational and organized criminal enterprises that illegally manufacture, distribute and sell products bearing counterfeit certification marks.

The operation will engage multiple agencies to criminally investigate and prosecute these offenders who put the health and safety of the consumer at risk.

Certification Industry Against Counterfeiting

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation Overshock Objectives

1. Establish an INTERPOL intelligence led transnational operational enforcement project (police, customs, certification bodies and other stakeholders such as the WCO, WIPO and Europol)

2. Implement a coordinated anti-counterfeiting intervention strategy to facilitate the seizure, investigation and criminal prosecution of

transnational and organized criminal enterprises that deal in products bearing counterfeit certification marks

3. Identify counterfeiting regions of concern, form strategic partnerships and secure the cooperation of a minimum of seven different

enforcement agencies to deploy intervention actions in these regions

Operation Overshock

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation Overshock Objectives

4. Provide relevant anti-counterfeiting training to enforcement agencies in the identified regions

5. Populate and utilize the INTERPOL Database on International Intellectual Property Crime (DIIP) to as a pilot project to support Operation Overshock

6. Identify other counterfeiting areas of concern such as trade fairs and work in partnership to develop and implement appropriate actions to deal with these issues

Operation Overshock

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Operation OvershockConsumer Health & Safety

Working in Partnership Against a Common Threat

Certification Industry Against CounterfeitingFounding Members

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Certification Industry Against CounterfeitingContact Info

Brian Monks, Vice PresidentAnti-Counterfeiting OperationsUnderwriters Laboratories Inc.(631) 546-2856Email: Brian.H.Monks@us.ul.comWeb Site: www.UL.com/ace