Strategy for Targeting Organized Piracy

In 2006, NIPLECC adopted the Administration’s Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) as its plan of action for protecting intellectual property rights abroad. The Administration established STOP! in 2004 to crack down on criminal networks in pirated and counterfeit goods trafficking. STOP! is similar to NIPLECC in that it is a coordinating structure to enhance U.S. IPR protection and enforcement and works with many of the same agencies as NIPLECC, such as the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and the USTR. The FDA is not a part of NIPLECC, but is a participant in STOP!.