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In order to strengthen enforcement action against counterfeiting and piracy at police level, the Lebanese government has established a special IP unit within the Lebanese Judicial Police. The unit, comprised of 25 officers, will focus on taking actions such as running market sweeps, seizing pirate materials (optical discs, pirate photocopies of books, offset print books destined for export, etc.), including on an ex officio basis, arresting infringers and forwarding case files to prosecutors for criminal proceedings.