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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. For A Non-Profit, The NFL Sure Has A Lot Of Pull by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    title says it all

  2. It's all the same chinese shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Probably made in the exact same factory by the same people.
    I love how they call it counterfeit, like it's somehow of lesser quality than the chinese shit they sell themselves.

  3. Priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because counterfeit football merchandise is such a "clear and present danger" that it rates diverting resources from, you know, actual crime like bank robbery and human trafficking. Maybe the NFL should be made to hire its own private security for this kind of stuff so public law enforcement can get back to protecting the public!