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Posted by nappy on 05/04/07 22:35
Shit Howdy. I could USE a dog like that. I am ALWAYS pulling old DVDs out of
the couch and searching for those Blockbuster Returns..
"Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
news:hb-dnQIFNfATAqbbnZ2dnUVZ_qOpnZ2d@adelphia.com...
> Hong Kong - Lucky and Flo, the Motion Picture Association's DVD-sniffing
> black
> Labrador retrievers, today dealt another blow to Malaysian movie pirates,
> leading
> investigators to secret storage compartments containing nearly 150,000
> pirated
> movie DVDs.
>
> In a search of two retail outlets suspected of selling pirated movie DVDs
> in the
> Petaling Jaya district of Kuala Lumpur, 17 officers from Malaysia's
> Ministry of
> Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) were unable to discover any
> contraband until Lucky and Flo detected hidden compartments packed with
> pirated DVDs ready for wholesale distribution. The MDTCA officers arrested
> two
> men and seized nearly 150,000 seized discs with an estimated street value
> of
> US$430,000.
>
> On March 20, Lucky and Flo led a raid in Johor Bahru that yielded six
> arrests and
> the seizure around one million pirated optical discs with a street value
> of around
> US$2.86 million.
>
> "Today's raid, during which Lucky and Flo uncovered secret compartments
> that
> human investigators had missed, reconfirmed that DVD-sniffing dogs can
> provide
> tremendous support to law enforcement authorities," said Mike Ellis,
> Senior Vice
> President and Regional Director, Asia-Pacific for the Motion Picture
> Association.
>
> Lucky and Flo, the world's first dogs trained to find optical discs in
> packages and
> containers used by pirate syndicates for smuggling stolen movies around
> the
> world, are in Malaysia spearheading "Operation Double Trouble", launched
> last
> week in Kuala Lumpur.
>
> During the month-long operation, the dogs are working alongside
> enforcement
> officers in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baru and Penang, as well as at border
> crossings,
> sniffing out DVDs hidden at storage centers as well as in packages bound
> for
> export. The operation is in part aimed at permitting the officers to
> thoroughly
> evaluate the effectiveness of canine anti-piracy investigators as the
> MDTCA
> considers the feasibility of establishing a dog unit within its
> Enforcement Division.
>
> In 2004, the MPA undertook a feasibility study to determine whether dogs
> could
> be trained to detect polycarbonate and other chemicals used in optical
> discs. A
> trainer in Northern Ireland known for training dogs to locate and identify
> bombs
> trained Lucky and Flo to find optical discs in large and small packages
> and
> containers.
>
> After eight months of training, Lucky and Flo undertook their first major
> live test,
> working with H.M. Revenue and Customs and FedEx at Stansted Airport in the
> United Kingdom. They were immediately successful in identifying packages
> containing DVDs and detecting even the smallest amount of product in very
> large
> containers.
>
> http://www.mpaa.org/press_releases/malaysiadogsapril2rel.pdf
>
>
>
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