Video by Charles Reed | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 01.29.2020
MIAMI – 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....
Video by Charles Reed | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 01.31.2019
ATLANTA – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that collaborative enforcement efforts led by its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) component and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) resulted in the seizure of nearly 285,000 counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2 million, and related investigations led to 28 arrests with 21 convictions....
Video by Charles Reed | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 01.27.2018
The illegal manufacturing and sale of counterfeit goods is one of the primary concerns of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the HSI-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), which includes many federal and international partners. The practice endangers public health, the economy and restricts the competitiveness......
Video by Ron Rogers | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 11.18.2016
With the holiday shopping season beginning in earnest, special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department executed search and arrest warrants targeting vendors in downtown Los Angeles suspected of selling a variety of counterfeit consumer goods....
Video by Ron Rogers | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 11.18.2015
HSI special agents and CBP officers work side-by-side to stop counterfeit goods and products from being smuggled into the U.S. Targeted searches of overseas shipping containers arriving on the West Coast often uncover counterfeit products, from designer clothing to electronics. The illegal importation and sale of suspected counterfeit goods like these hurts the U.S. economy and robs Americans......
Video by Charles Reed | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 01.29.2012
ICE and the NFL announced record-breaking results of a nationwide enforcement operation targeting stores, flea markets and street vendors selling counterfeit game-related sportswear throughout the United States. Special agents also targeted websites engaged in counterfeiting and piracy online. The initiative, dubbed Operation Fake Sweep, commenced Oct. 1, 2011. Available in high definition...
Video by Charles Reed | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 12.16.2011
Media B-Roll. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced the seizure of more than 327,000 counterfeit items with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price worth an estimated $76.8 million as part of a HSI-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) operation. The center continues to track down those who are......
