In 2006, the International Federation of Journalists criticized what it called a "dirty war" against "The Epoch Times", citing incidents such as "The Epoch Times"'s Hong Kong printing plant being broken into and damaged by unidentified men, and Epoch's offices in Sydney and Toronto receiving suspicious mail envelopes suspected of containing toxic materials. The IFJ also noted incidences of "Epoch Times" staff and advertisers being intimidated, and newspapers being confiscated, in what it characterized as "a vicious witch-hunt aimed at crushing the voice of dissent."