A recent raid has led to the discovery of several fake GameCube discs, and in Staffordshire of all places.

Yesterday it was announced that a raid on a car boot in Staffordshire on Sunday led to the removal of 20,000 counterfeit games, films and CDs, with an estimated street value of half a million pounds. Surprisingly however amongst them were several fake GameCube games.

While Nintendo's choice of using small discs have stopped a lot of piracy it seems that some traders have found a way to get around this. The people responsible for this piracy are now facing possible prosecution.

Roger Bennett, director general of ELSPA commented: "This case illustrates the way in which piracy poses a threat to members of the public, allowing titles containing unregulated adult-rated content to be sold illegally without the enforcement of our rigorous ratings system, which is strictly adhered to by legitimate retail outlets. ELSPA would like to thank all those involved for their efforts to eradicate computer and video games piracy."

ELSPA urges anyone who knows of piracy occurring to ring the ELSPA anti piracy unit hotline on 08705 133405. Alternatively you could contact the police or your local Trading Standards Office to try and prevent video game piracy.