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The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
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The value and usage of intellectual property rights is expanding, providing new incentives for criminals
Counterfeiting and piracy comprise a range of illicit activities relating to the infringement of registered trademarks and patents (for counterfeit goods) and copyright and design (for piracy). Together, these constitute intellectual property offences. The value and usage of intellectual property rights continues to expand, providing growing incentives for criminals to exploit and infringe these rights.
Counterfeiting and piracy are lucrative criminal activities while at the same time, similar to other economic crimes entail a relatively low risk of detection. Criminal sentences for counterfeiting are also considerably lower than for many other criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, document fraud or currency counterfeiting. Several Member States have shifted their focus away from fighting intellectual property crime to other criminal activities such as drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings and terrorism.
At the same time, OCGs are increasingly involved in the production and distribution of counterfeit and pirated goods. They have adopted increasingly sophisticated and complex modi operandi, facilitated by technological advancements and complex global distribution channels. Online marketplaces are increasingly becoming an important source of income for criminal groups involved in the sale of counterfeit and pirated goods.