Customs confiscated a cargo of falsified Microsoft Office 97 software in CDs, with an estimated value of RD$740,000. The Business Software Alliance, and its Dominican branch, Asociación Dominicana de Productos de Software (Prosoft) had alerted the District Attorney about the cargo. The falsified CDs, found inside a box of soup, were declared as music CDs. The Listín Diario did not reveal the name of the computer company involved.