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Children between the ages of 13 to 15 were rescued in China after authorities found then working in factories after they were kidnapped and forced to work.
From the International Herald Tribune:
China said Wednesday that it was investigating whether hundreds or perhaps thousands of children from poor areas in the southwest part of the country had [...]

The Untied States Trade Representive is accusing China and Russia of flooding the global marketplace with counterfeit and pirated goods
From AFP:
The United States on Friday named China and Russia as among the worst protectors of intellectual property rights, flooding global trade with counterfeit items such as DVDs, designer bags, medicines and software.
In an annual report [...]

The Associated Press is reporting that European Union companies are lose €21 billion, or $33.3 billion, to pirated goods each year.
From the AP (via IHT):
Violations of intellectual property rights, trademarks and patents held by EU companies and researchers will be high on the agenda when European Commission President Manuel Barroso leads a large delegation into [...]

China is defending its record on intellectual piracy by releasing its annual figures in IP enforcement.
From the AP (via IHT):
Officials defended China’s efforts to stop rampant copying of movies and other goods, saying Thursday that 4,322 people were convicted of product piracy last year and promising special efforts to protect Olympics-related trademarks.China is the world’s [...]

The Chinese Government seized 4,112 counterfeit military vehicles and 6,373 fake car number plates since July 2006 in its campaign to crack down on the illicit trade.
From the official government news agency Xinhua:
Ninety-five criminal groups and illegal manufacturing workshops involving over 5,000 people have been seized for stealing and counterfeiting military number plates since the [...]

As China continues its crackdown in Tibet, authorities in China have repeatedly restricted the news and information that is available to its citizens. People in China attempting to receive news are forced to gather information on the black market due to these restrictions.
An article by the International Herald Tribune mentions the various websites that [...]

News on the protests in Tibet that occurred earlier this week was only able to be accessed on the black market as Chinese officials censored and restricted most stories about the protests.
From the New York Times:
 For the past few days, CNN, the BBC, Google News, Yahoo and YouTube have been blocked or have faced temporary [...]

In a contribution to the opinion page at the International Herald Tribune, Jeremy Breningstall, an English teacher in China, writes about the depth and breadth of the pirated movies available to see.
From the piece “Movies for the masses”:
Contrast that with what you can find within a 10-minute walk of my house, which is in an [...]

From AFP:
US authorities announced Thursday they had seized more than 76 million dollars’ worth of counterfeit Cisco Systems computer equipment manufactured in China over the past three years.Officials said the probe by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police aimed at halting counterfeit network routers, switches, network cards and [...]

The Times reports the growing trade in shark fins and its impact on shark populations worldwide.
Dr Baum’s study of the US Atlantic coast found that the number of scalloped hammerheads fell by 98 per cent between 1970 and 2005. Great white, tiger and smooth hammerhead sharks have declined at a similar rate. Sharks have [...]