HSI, CBP operation seizes record-breaking $123 million of fake sports merchandise [Image 1 of 13]

MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES

01.28.2020

Photo by Amanda Mason 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Thursday the seizure of more than 176,000 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $123 million (MSRP), through a collaborative enforcement operation targeting international shipments of counterfeit merchandise into the United States.



The seizures were part of Operation Team Player, an ongoing effort developed by the HSI-led Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Center to target the illegal importation and distribution of counterfeit sports merchandise, and were revealed in Miami, Florida, at a joint press conference with the National Football League (NFL), HSI, CBP and the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD).

• Date Taken: 01.28.2020
• Date Posted: 01.30.2020 10:22
• Photo ID: 6056849
• VIRIN: 200128-D-AM986-162
• Resolution: 5993x4000
• Size: 20.2 MB
• Location: MIAMI, FL, US