Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Incident Research Database

Nigerian Law Intellectual Property Watch (NLIPW) is currently working to digitize reports of counterfeiting and piracy within Nigeria (not only at the borders) through an online Incident Database. The Anti-counterfeiting and Piracy Incident Research Database captures information about counterfeiting and piracy suspects (including age and gender), victims, locations, arrests, seizures, estimated value of products, destruction exercises, product types, and the government agencies conducting operations in each incident. The incident database provides an opportunity for continued empirical investigation into the problem of product counterfeiting as well as piracy in Nigeria.

Date of Incident / News Report:

Agencies Involved:

Location or State:

Description of Item or Types of Goods:

Brands Counterfeited or Pirated Item:

Arrest or Fines (if any):

Details of the Incident:

Crime Category:

No.	Date of Incident / News Report	Agencies Involved	Location or State	Description of Item or Types of Goods	Brands Counterfeited or Pirated Item	Arrest or Fines (if any)	Details of the Incident	Crime Category
1	10/11/2014	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)	Enugu State	10,000 labels of assorted drinks	Not Specified	Yes - Arrest	The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control arrested a man suspected to be in possession of 10,000 labels of assorted drinks.	Operating an illegal distillery
2	28/10/2014	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)	Lagos State	Tomato Paste; Cosmetics	De Rica Tomato Paste	Yes - Arrest	The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control arrested two suspects, who allegedly specialised in counterfeiting various cosmetics and food products, as well as distribution and sale of fake Derica tomato paste.	Counterfeit Cosmetic; Counterfeit Foods
3	11/06/2013	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)	Lagos State	Cough Syrup or Medicine	Not Specified	Yes - Arrest	NAFDAC intercepted N5 million worth of packaging materials imported with the intention of faking codeine syrup and also arrested one of the suspected members of the syndicate.	Counterfeit Medicines
4	17/11/2016	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)	Abuja	Counterfeit Medicines	Not Specified	Not Specified	The NAFDAC carried out a destruction exercise in Abuja where the agency disposed of expired medication, counterfeit drugs,?and other regulated products estimated to be worth over N75 million.	Counterfeit Medicines
5	06/04/2013	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)	Anambra State	Alcoholic Beverage	The Prince Alomo-Bitters	Yes - Arrest	Two brothers were arrested by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for illegal manufacture, possession, distribution and sale of an unwholesome alcoholic beverage, ?The Prince Alomo-Bitters?, worth over N25m. The suspects, from Akwaeze in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, were alleged to be a part of an organised syndicate under NAFDAC surveillance, who specialised in faking popular brands of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, especially Alomo-Bitters	Counterfeit Beverages
6	09/10/2013	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)	Nasarawa State	Counterfeit Medicines	Fulcin and Gentamycin 280	Yes - Arrest	The Nasarawa State Command of NAFDAC seized fake and expired drugs worth N4.5 million in three local government areas of the state.	Counterfeit Medicines
7	27/04/2015	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC); Federal High Court Lagos	Lagos State	Sauces	Pine White Ground Pepper, Summerfield whole Kernel Sweet Corn, Bama Mayonnaise, Summerfield Baked Beans, Sweet Chili Chiken Sauce, Real Value Mayonnaise and Superior Light Soy Sauce and unlabelled sauce	Yes - Arrest	A business man was arrested and charged for selling unlabeled repacked food products to customers.	Counterfeit Products; Counterfeit and Expired Products; Counterfeit Food
8	29/09/2015	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC); Federal High Court Lagos	Lagos State	Cough Syrup	COF-N-COLD with Codeine syrup	Yes - Arrest	A man was alleged to have been in illegal possession and engaged in the sale of the counterfeit cough syrup.	Counterfeit Medicines
9	09/09/2015	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC); Federal High Court Delta	Delta State	Counterfeit Medicines	Rysovin-500, Buscomac 10mg, Maloxine, Lumartem, Lofnac-100	Yes - Arrest	A man was arrested by officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. He was alleged to have been manufacturing fake anti-malaria drugs at his residence and packaging the fake drugs with mobile authentication number. He was later convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment without the option of fine.	Counterfeit Medicines; Fake NAFDAC Registration Numbers
10	18/07/2017	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)	Abia State	Beverages	Not Specified	Yes - Arrest	NAFDAC arrested four men in Aba for allegedly revalidating beverages. The suspects were caught revalidating drinks in cans and dairy products at the time of the arrest.	Relabelling; Counterfeits; Counterfeit Beverages
	Date of Incident / News Report	Agencies Involved	Location or State	Description of Item or Types of Goods	Brands Counterfeited or Pirated Item	Arrest or Fines (if any)	Details of the Incident	Crime Category

*Generalizing from the database has limitations because the incident database only captures incidents that have somehow come to the public’s attention through media publications. Nevertheless, the incident database serves as a rich, empirical foundation where none yet exists and captures information about cases that are arguably the most important and for which concerted intervention is needed in Nigeria.