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Federal Officials Take Down 132 Websites In "Cyber Monday" Crackdown

Posted by samzenpus on from the law-won dept.

coondoggie writes "A team of world-wide law enforcement agencies took out 132 domain names today that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise online. The group, made up of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and law enforcement agencies from Belgium, Denmark, France, Romania, United Kingdom and the European Police Office, targeted alleged counterfeiters selling everything from professional sports jerseys, DVD sets, and a variety of clothing to jewelry and luxury goods."

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  1. Question by Mitreya · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Why is Homeland Security dealing with counterfeit product sales?

    Are sales of fake professional sports jerseys jeopardizing our national security now?

    1. Re:Question by hduff · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why is Homeland Security dealing with counterfeit product sales?

      Are sales of fake professional sports jerseys jeopardizing our national security now?

      You do not need to ask questions, citizen. Move along. Nothing to see here.

      And turn off that camera!

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      "I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." : Dogbert
    2. Re:Question by Thud457 · · Score: 3, Informative

      "when you buy that fake Movada, you're rolling with al Qaeda."

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      the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    3. Re:Question by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Informative

      Because Homeland Security is just an umbrella for several pre-existing agencies, one of which is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.)

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    4. Re:Question by Mitreya · · Score: 4, Informative

      Because Homeland Security is just an umbrella for several pre-existing agencies, one of which is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.)

      HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) appears to be at least a separate branch of ICE. The article even implies that these are two organizations working in tandem

      From the website:

      HSI investigates immigration crime, human rights violations and human smuggling, smuggling of narcotics, weapons and other types of contraband, financial crimes, cybercrime and export enforcement issues. ICE special agents conduct investigations aimed at protecting critical infrastructure industries that are vulnerable to sabotage, attack or exploitation.

      One of these things is not like the others (emphasis mine).
      Good to know that designer handbag manufacturers are now part of the "critical infrastructure industries".

    5. Re:Question by CanHasDIY · · Score: 4, Interesting
      Find: Intellectual property rights theft
      Replace With: The Drug War

      "The Drug War is not a victimless crime. It threatens U.S. businesses and robs hard-working Americans of their jobs, which negatively impacts the economy. It can also pose serious health and safety risks to consumers, and oftentimes, it fuels global organized crime." Here is a link to Homeland Security's rationale: http://www.dhs.gov/topic/intellectual-property-rights

      Fun with words.

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  2. So what you're saying is... by AioKits · · Score: 4, Funny

    I in fact DID NOT get a good deal on my new Sorny 52" plasma flat screen or my Magnetbox bluray player?

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    "Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted." -Groucho Marx
  3. Amazing by JustNiz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So the world governments do nothing to cut off spammers, scammers, child pornographers or anything that actually burns members of the public, but the moment some big corporations profits from monopolistic practices look like they are being challenged they spring into action and kill it dead in seconds.