ILEA LAT-AM IPR SESSION II - GOA WILL PARTICIPATE

UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000980 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS BANGKOK/BUDAPEST/GABORONE/SAN SALVADOR FOR ILEA DHS FOR FLETC (DADKINS) AND USSS FOR TRAINING (JACKSON) TREASURY FOR IRS DEA FOR OF/OFF-TR-TRI (BRACCIO) DS FOR DS/PLD/DTD FBI FOR QUANTICO (ITAU-1) US SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KCRM ASEC SNAR AR SUBJECT: ILEA LAT-AM IPR SESSION II - GOA WILL PARTICIPATE REF: STATE 53959 ¶1. (SBU) Per reftel questions, there are numerous GoA entities responsible for intellectual property enforcement in Argentina - including federal and provincial (in 23 provinces) police, prosecutors and judges; federal Customs authorities; the Prefectura (roughly Coast Guard equivalent); and the Gendarmeria (similar to the Border Patrol). Among the entities, the federal judicial agency, leadership of the federal prosecutors economic crimes unit, Customs, and the Gendarmeria have already accepted the invitation to attend the ILEA IPR Session II course in Lima, Peru, July 23-27, ¶2007. These agencies have begun the process of identifying candidates. Post will continue to work with these and other GoA agencies to attain as broad a representation of participants as possible. ¶2. (SBU) Post contact is Economic Officer Brian Jensen. Phone number 54-11-5777-4403, or 54-11-5777-4747. Fax 54-11-5777-4212. Email jensenbd@state.gov. WAYNE