Lithuania
Protection of Intellectual
Property Rights
Belgrad
2011
Lithuanian
customs
structure
STRUCTURE
OF LITHUANIAN
CUSTOMS
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
CUSTOMS
TRAINING
CENTRE
CUSTOMS
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS CENTRE
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT
CUSTOMS
CRIMINAL
SERVICE
CUSTOMS
LABORATORY
TERRITORIAL CUSTOMS OFFICES
VILNIUS
TCO
KAUNAS
TCO
KLAIPĖDA
TCO
ŠIAULIAI
TCO
PANEVĖŽYS
TCO
ORGANISATION STRUKTURE OF THE
CUSTOMS CRIMINAL SERVISE
DIRECTOR
1st Division
(Information
Analysis)
DEPUTY
DIRECTOR
Labour Safety
Officer
DEPUTY
DIRECTOR
Budget and
Accounting
Division
6th Division
(Risk
Management)
2nd Division
(Crime
Investigation)
3rd Division
(Drug Control)
Office Division
International
Relations
Division
4th Division
(Operational
Support)
5th Division
(Special
Equipment)
Legal
and Personnel
Division
Vilnius
Territorial
Division
Infrastructure
and Household
Division
Marijampolė
Territorial
Division
Klaipėda
Territorial
Division
Panevėžys
Territorial
Division
Šiauliai
Territorial
Division
Lithuanian police structure
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
POLICE DEPARTMENT
LITHUANIAN CRIMINAL POLICE BUREAU
Organized Crime
Investigation Units
Corruption Control
Board
Crime
Investigation Units
International
Liaison Office
Operational
Activity Units
Information
Analysis Board
Witness and
Victims Protection
Units
Activity
Organization and
Finance Units
Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau
 Located in the capital of Lithuania – Vilnius;
 Overtakes the investigation of intellectual property-
related criminal activity when:
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It is executed within the territory of several districts or
countries;
It is executed by the organised group;
Its investigation requires special knowledge.
 Specialized LCPB unit – the Intellectual Property
Protection Unit.
The Intellectual Property
Protection Unit
 Belongs to 2nd Crime Investigation Board of
the LCPB.
 Main functions:
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Crime detection and investigation;
Coordination of district-located officers’ work; takeover
of resonant cases;
Analysis of legal acts;
Accumulation and analysis of classified information;
Cooperation with public organizations and other lawenforcement institutions.
Statistics and tendencies of intellectual propertyrelated crimes
Period
Checks done
Prietrial
investigations
in criminal cases
started
Administrative
cases started
Material media
confiscated
Amount of
illegally
reproduced
production
2007
420
114
146
46 500
256 000
2008
430
97
116
59 000
450 000
2009
420
74
122
36 000
890 000
The ‘pirates’ have moved to the digital environment – the
Internet.
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Control and Coordination by
Prosecution
 The pre-trial investigation is organised and
conducted, and the public prosecution is
sustained by a public prosecutor.
 Structure:
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General Prosecution Service;
5 county prosecution services;
51 city and regional circuit prosecution
services.
Control and Coordination by
Prosecution
 The Pre-trial Investigation Control Unit of the General
Prosecution Service organises and conducts the investigation of
criminal activities, related to the intellectual property, detected by
the LCPB and the territorial police units (in some cases).
 Functions:
 Security of legality;
 Coordination of crime investigation activity;
 Formation of single practice;
 Analysis of criminality;
 Provision of aid to pre-trial institutions;
 Provision of draft criminal laws.
Character of Violation
 Websites containing links to illegal download of the product (international
servers enabling the users to upload the information (products) –
RapidShare, Megaupload, etc – and ‘sell’ the links);
 Illegal P2P networks (Torrent search engines, Torrent trackers, DC++,
eMule, etc);
 Lithuanian Internet service providers’ (ISP) FTP servers;
 Websites, the owners of which sell illegal copies of the product (CD, DVD).
The Scope of Right Violation on the
Internet
 International scope: there are approximately 1000 public DC++ hubs,
Torrent trackers, eMule and other P2P networks;
 Practically, around 80-90% of ISP have FTP servers, in which
copyright and adjacent rights are being violated;
 As an average of 1000-2000 users download each newly produced
product in one P2P network;
 As a result, Lithuanian distributors of intellectual property might
suffer up till 4 million litas (approx. 1,15 million Euro) of damages a
month.
Harm of Lithuanian Internet ‘Piracy’
 Approximately 30% of all intellectual property-related crimes are
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made on the Internet or with the help of it.
There are approximately 15 Torrent P2P networks, 60 larger DC++
public hubs and other P2P networks in Lithuania, containing around
150 000 users.
ISP FTP servers contain around 200 000 users.
Thus in total there are around 350 000 users, who distribute or
download product copies illegally. According to the polls, as an
average, 1 user downloads 5 movies, 3-5 music albums and 3
games a month.
Copyright owners suffer considerable damages as a result of
Internet ‘piracy’.
In 2009-2010 the police have identified and terminated the use of intellectual
product in the following websites operating in Lithuania:
 www.torrent.lt (a total of over 3 000 000 illegal copies were downloaded; the value
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of legal copies – over 50 000 000 litas (over 14,5 million Euro), illegal profit of the
violators – approx. 400 000 litas (approx. 116 000 Euro) per annum);
www.filmai.us (74 000 files with illegal copies were downloaded within several
months from Speedyshare; total value of legal copies – over 1 500 000 litas
(approx. 434 000 Euro); illegal profit – 10 000 litas (2 900 Euro) per month);
www.tracker.lt (over 1000 torrent files were found in the removed server with the
access for 850 users);
www.filmai24.lt (several thousand users; illegal profit – 5 000 litas (1 450 Euro) per
month);
www.filmai.in (several thousand users; illegal profit – 4 000 litas (1 150 Euro) per
month);
www.filmaionline.com, www.filmasonline.lv, www.filmsbase.net www.telikas.com,
www.kinas.us and other.
Performed inspections and criminal cases
68
2010
112
36
2009
98
Criminal cases
34
2008
Inspections
92
34
2007
67
0
50
100
150
Infringements of copyright on the internet
160
140
120
Total
100
106
80
60
96
101
70
International
crimes
40
20
0
Internet crimes
32
21
14
2
24
8
6
9
2007
2008
2009
2010
Statistics of violations in customs
During period
800000
160
700000
140
600000
120
500000
100
400000
80
300000
60
200000
40
100000
20
0
0
2005
2006
2007
Seized goods (unit)
2008
2009
Protocols of goods seizure
2010
2006– 2007
increased figure of
seizures of goods,
which were
transported in small
quantities.
During period
2008– 2009
decreased number
of seizures. This
fakt influenced by
decrease of transit
flows of consumer
goods.
Statistics of violations in customs
80
70
EU
60
Lithuania
50
40
30
20
Lithuania
10
EU
0
Violations established
during import procedure
Violations established
during transit procedure
Thank you for attention
Robertas Šimulevičius
Head of unit
Intellectual property protection unit
2nd crime investigation board
Lithuanian criminal police bureau
Saltoniškių Str. 19, 08105, Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 271 9776
E-mail: robertas.simulevicius@policija.lt
Svetlana Stasyla
Chief Inspector
Risk Management Division
Customs Criminal Service
Zalgirio str. 127, LT-08217 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 2743102
Fax: +370 5 274 3107
E-mail: svetlana.stasyla@cust.lt