 In May 2012, Interpol launched Operation Black Poseidon, a one-month operation involving police, customs, prosecutors, investigators and intellectual property crime experts across five countries in Eastern Europe – Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine – and with the financial support of the European Commission. This operation has again revealed increasingly elaborate methods used by transnational organised criminal groups to traffic illicit goods as a major source of funding. A wide range of products targeted by these criminal networks include computers, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cigarettes, electronics, cameras, alcohol, music and films, among others. Operation Black Poseidon carried out 1,700 interventions at key locations such as land, sea and airport border control points in addition to markets, shops and street vendors. Interpol is pleased to announce that more than 1,400 individuals have been arrested or are currently under investigation, and illicit goods with a market value of over €120 million have been seized. Experience has shown that cooperation with the private sector, especially in providing access to specialist knowledge about their brands and related trade market infringements, is essential to enable police and law enforcement to be successful in combating the transnational organised criminal networks behind trafficking in illicit goods.