"Our ongoing efforts with law enforcement and prosecutors at the federal, state and local levels are continuing to show clear results," said RIAA Senior Vice President Frank Creighton. "There is not a corner in this country where we will not look. Anyone selling, manufacturing or distributing suspected illegal sound recordings will be found."

RIAA reported that on Feb. 8, uniformed Chicago police officers apprehended a vendor attempting to sell illicit CD-Rs, along with another subject at the same location, who were transporting approximately 1,500 alleged pirate CD-Rs. Following their arrest, four search and seizure warrants were executed, resulting in the arrest of five individuals, two of whom operated a Chicago retail store. A total of 476 alleged counterfeit and pirate cassettes and 2,769 alleged pirate CD-Rs were seized.