SACRAMENTO – Mexico-based criminal organizations, infamous for their violent drug trafficking, are adding sales of counterfeited movies, music and software to their dark repertoires, according to a report released Thursday by California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
La Familia Michoacana was potentially earning more than $2 million a day in 2009 by selling fake copies of Microsoft Office and Xbox video games, the report said. The black-marketing La Familia and another criminal organization, Los Zetas, brazenly stamp their own logos on the counterfeit CDs and DVDs they produce and distribute, the attorney general’s office said.
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