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Feds Grab 163 Web Sites, Snatch $21.6 Million In NFL Counterfeit Gear

Posted by samzenpus on from the without-expressed-written-consent dept.

coondoggie writes: "As they have for the past few years the US Customs department teamed with the National Football League to cut into the lucrative counterfeit sports gear market. In what the feds called 'Operation Team Player,' special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and officers from Customs and Border Protection worked with the National Football League (NFL) and other sports leagues along with law enforcement agencies to identify illegal shipments imported into the U.S., as well as stores and vendors selling counterfeit trademarked items."

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  1. Re:Priorities by sjames · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Probably because they only seem to do their job for things like this. Toxic pet food gets through just fine.