Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Valley Village) on Friday called on the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to investigate allegations that pirated DVDs were being smuggled into Los Angeles by flight crews of the Russian airline Aeroflot.
Berman said the call was in response to a Los Angeles Times article on Sunday that detailed how a suspected bootlegger was allegedly assisted by Aeroflot employees.
The story chronicled animation distributor Joan Borsten’s one-woman crusade to halt the sale of cheap, illegal versions of her company’s DVDs in Russian stores throughout Los Angeles.
“I am very concerned about what appears to be a serious breach in customs enforcement at Los Angeles International Airport,” Berman wrote in a letter this week to U.S. Customs Commissioner W. Ralph Basham. “I urge you to investigate this situation immediately.”
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