Intellectual Property Theft, Fraud. Haaretz [Israeli newspaper], June 22, 2001
"In 1998, an American delegation visited Israel to investigate the issue and found Israel to be 'an international center for pirate distribution' - estimating that the extent of the forgery industry reached tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of dollars. The U.S. delegation threatened to impose sanctions against Israel by increasing duty tax for Israeli exports to the United States. The delegation also noted that the Israeli forgery industry has grown in recent years because of the infiltration of organized crime."