KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATION INTO PIRATED NIGERIAN MOVIES
Brooklyn, November 4, 2010 - Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced an investigation into the counterfeiting and illegal sale of movies from the Nigerian film industry, or Nollywood. KCDA Detective Investigators recovered more than 10,000 counterfeit DVDs earlier this week.
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, FAN, USA President and CEO Tony Abulu (to his Left,), Caroline Okolo Executive Director African Artists Collaborative (right), Nollywood films US legitimate distributors Sam Ameyah (Executive Image African films) Francis Kyere (Franco Films), Sanga Entertainment rep, Producer Ikechukwu Onyeka and several Kings County Assistant DA's present pirated Nollywood films confiscated from Nine notorious Brooklyn stores to the US press.
Nollywood Superstar actor Jim Iyke and FAN, USA Communications Director Ms. Ngozi Mba flanks DA Charles Hynes.
Press Photo’s Compliments of Jonah Bruno, KCDA Press.
Time up for Nollywood pirates in the US
Sunday, 14 November 2010 00:00 By Shaibu Husseini with Agency Report Sunday Magazine - Sunday Magazine
The effort by the Tony Abulu led Filmmakers Association of Nigeria (FAN) to regulate sales of Nollywood movie in the USA received a major boost recently when the US authorities cracked down on the alleged pirates of Nigerian films in Brooklyn area of New York state. The sweep has been hailed as the ‘biggest and most successful raid’ carried out since the campaign against illegal sale of pirated Nigerian films in the United States by FAN began a few years ago. Indeed, time may be winding down for pirates and shop owners in the US, who peddle pirated offerings of the Nigerian motion picture industry dubbed Nollywood... Read more of The Guardian article
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