The ICSID has yet to rule on this jurisdictional issue, but when lawyers for the Salvadoran government pushed previously to have the case dismissed on the grounds that Pacific Rim has no right to an exploitation permit, the ICSID ruled in favor of Pacific Rim.

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"Mobile and online have become significant markets in their own right and we expect all forms of networked games exploitation to account for 20% of the total Western world market by 2008, " said Ben Keen, Screen Digest analyst.

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Mr Barber said it was "right to prosecute organised crime" but that "too rigid a focus will send the signal that routine exploitation will be ignored by the authorities".

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