Feds seize over $123 million worth of counterfeit Super Bowl merchandise
Federal officials seized an estimated $123 million worth of counterfeit sports goods for teams playing in the Super Bowl ahead of Sunday’s big game in Miami.
In a statement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said officials found more than 176,000 counterfeit sports-related items during Operation Team Player.
Agents with the Customs and Border Protection along with ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations and Miami-Dade officiers seized the counterfeit items from flea markets, retail outlets and street vendors over the past week as part of the effort. They included fake jerseys, hats, jewelry, cell phone accessories and other items.
ICE shared a photo of the items, some of which had logos for the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers who are set to battle it out at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Sunday night.
“Operation Team Player remains one of the most important national initiatives for protecting sports fans from the sale of counterfeit products and counterfeit tickets,” said Dolores DiBella, NFL’s vice president of legal affairs.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/cbp-fake-superbowl-merchandise-seized/index.html
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Foreign currency worth crores recovered at IGIA.
New Delhi: Two Afghan nationals and two Indians were detained in the past 48 hours at Delhi’s IGI Airport in three separate cases of smuggling foreign currency worth crores, according to Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
In the first case, CISF personnel recovered $ 31,000 (about Rs 22 lakh) from two Afghan nationas identified as Abdul Saboor Amiri and Zafar Mohammad Nazari on January 30. The accused were bound for Kabul by Kam Air flight.
The suspects could not produce any valid document. They were were handed over to Customs for further action, CISF said.
In the second incident, CISF recovered euro 1,19,200 and $ 2,000 (about Rs 96 lakh) concealed in the turban of a suspect identified as Surinder Singh Seehra bound for Bangkok by NokScoot flight.
The suspect had no valid documents, CISF said.
In the third incident reported on Friday, CISF recovered $ 8050, Kuwaiti dinar 3,505, Saudi riyal 2,500 and Omani riyal 725 (about Rs 16 lakh) from an Indian national, Habibullah, bound for Dubai by Spice Jet flight.
https://www.indileak.com/2020/01/foreign-currency-worth-crores-recovered-at-igia/
Lear MoreFive held, 138 boxes of illicit liquor seized in UP.
Kushinagar, Jan 31 (UNI) Five people were arrested and a consignment of 138 boxes of illicit, country-made liquor seized from a DCM at a warehouse in the Barwan village of the Kasya area in this district of Uttar Pradesh.
The liquor had been kept hidden amongst sacks of animal food. A motorcycle was also recovered from the warehouse and a case has been registered under various sections against six people including the warehouse owner. All five arrested have been sent to jail.
Police had been receiving information about illegal activities being carried out at the warehouse since one week.
The cops then raided the warehouse based on an information about the consignment, late Thursday night.
A manhunt has been launched for the warehouse owner.
http://www.uniindia.com/five-held-138-boxes-of-illicit-liquor-seized-in-up/north/news/1871873.html
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Gold, foreign currency, and cigarettes seized at RGIA.
HYDERABAD: Two persons who arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) from Delhi were nabbed by the air intelligence officials on Wednesday for attempting to smuggle foreign currency to Dubai through a Delhi-bound flight.
Foreign currency in various denominations equivalent to Rs 16.5 lakh was recovered from them, officials said.
In another case, acting on a specific report, the authorities seized foreign cigarettes illegally being transported into the country. Ten cartons of cigarette packets were seized from 10 passengers who arrived in Hyderabad from different locations including Malaysia, Cambodia, and Dubai. The seized property is worth `50 lakh, officials said.
Authorities seize ₱58 million of fake, smuggled cigarettes.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 29) – Authorities have seized over P58 million worth of illegal cigarettes in Caloocan City, the Bureau of Customs said Wednesday.
A BOC statement said 1,670 cases of suspected counterfiet and smuggled cigarettes were confiscated by Philippine Coast Guard, Caloocan police and Customs personnel on Tuesday in Barangay 168.
The illegally imported products with supposed brands Marvels, Fortune, D&B, Mighty and Jackpot were stored in nine trucks, BOC said.
The bureau added these brands “are believed to have a big market share in provinces where they are usually sold to unsuspecting patrons.”
Further investigation is being conducted to know who should be held responsible, the bureau said.
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/1/29/smuggled-cigarettes-in-Caloocan.html
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Bureau of Customs seized P20-B smuggled goods in 2019.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized a total of P20.58 billion-worth of smuggled goods, mostly counterfeit goods, illegal drugs and tobacco products, in 2019.
The BOC said it was able to apprehend P9.44 billion-worth of counterfeit products, P3.59 billion-worth of illegal drugs, and P2.67 billion worth of cigarettes and tobacco products.
The rest are from agricultural goods (P398.47 million), general merchandise (59.87 million), vehicles and accessories (106.55 million), used clothing (P66.86 million), steel products (P78.59 million), electronics (P21 million), goods and firearms (P815,000), currency (P35 million), and other products (P4.1 billion).
They also said their collection efficiency remains consistent at 95.4 percent.
“The collection in 2019, apart from the efforts of our collection districts, is also attributed to revenue collection from issued alert orders amounting to more than P40.9 million; post clearance audits with more than P2 billion collected revenue, and more than P527.9 billion from public auctions,” the BOC said in its report.
https://www.untvweb.com/news/bureau-of-customs-seized-p20-b-smuggled-goods-in-2019/
Lear MoreMan arrested and ‘counterfeit’ cigarettes seized in Ramsgate.
A 39-year-old man wanted on suspicion of malicious communications was arrested in Ramsgate yesterday.
Special constables and officers from the Thanet Community Policing Team attended a property in St Lawrence where they arrested the man and also seized cigarettes suspected to be counterfeit.
Special Constables and Officers from Margate CPT out in Thanet on the hunt for wanted persons. One arrest led to the find of a large quantity of illegal tobacco products.
3 people in total were arrested.
He was taken to custody while enquiries continue. Trading Standards will be notified of the seized goods. A further two people were also arrested during the patrol.
Foreign cigarettes worth Rs. 6 lakh seized, two held.
Hyderabad: The sleuths of Central Zone Task Force along with the Gopalapuram police on Friday arrested two suspects and seized 12 boxes of foreign cigarettes, three cell mobile phones, and cash Rs. 700 all worth Rs. 6 lakh from their possession.
The accused has identified as G Venkatesh (40) resident of Malkajgiri and E Praveen (25) resides in Chilkaguda, tip off, the police nabbed them at parking area of the Secunderabad Railways Station when they were trying to transport the land in a train.
The arrested people along with the seized material were handed over to Gopalapuram police for further investigation.
https://www.siasat.com/foreign-cigarettes-worth-rs-6-lakh-seized-two-held-1804281/
Lear MoreDRI seizes smuggled gold, silver, cash worth Rs 6.42 cr.
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) In a multi-pronged operation, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence sleuths have busted a smuggling syndicate and seized over 10 kgs of smuggled gold, around 429 kgs of silver and Rs 20.16 lakhs in cash with the total value of the seizure reaching Rs 6.42 crore.
Two persons were arrested, a DRI official said on Saturday.
Acting on intelligence inputs that a syndicate under the control of one Anurag Jalan was actively involved in smuggling of gold in biscuit form from Bangladesh through the Indo-Bangladesh border in 24 Parganas North district, which they melted and changed into bar form. The DRI sleuths searched three premises in central Kolkata”s Burrabazar on Thursday.
Jalan and one of his staff have been arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act.
In the course of the search at Jalan Bullion and Jewellers on 43 Nalini Seth Road 23 HDPE (High-density polyethylene) and cotton bags containing white coloured silver granules of foreign origin, 505 pieces of mixed white coloured coins of different shapes and sizes made of silver of foreign origin, 20 yellow coloured metallic coins made of smuggled gold of foreign origin and Rs.20, 16,100 in Indian currency – believed to be the sale proceeds of smuggled gold – were seized.
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/dri-seizes-smuggled-gold-silver-cash-worth-rs-642-cr/1717641
Lear MoreFake currency notes worth Rs 1.06 lakh seized in Odisha, 1 arrested.
A man deposited 53 fake notes of Rs 2,000 in a bank in Cuttack and then complained that the money was not transformed in his account. Fake currency notes worth Rs 1.06 lakh seized in Odisha, 1 arrested
The Cuttack police on Wednesday seized fake currency worth Rs 1.6 lakh in Rs 2,000 denominations which was deposited into a cash deposit machine at CDA township. The depositor has been arrested and being questioned.
Satyajit Panda of Tangi area in Cuttack had deposited 53 counterfeit currency notes of Rs 2,000 denominations in a cash deposit machine of SBI in Markat Nagar area on January 17. Later, he lodged a complaint with the bank saying that the amount was not deposited in his bank account.
However, on January 20 the bank found that all the currency notes deposited by the said depositor were fake currencies. The police were informed and the depositor Satyajit was booked under sections 489 A and 489 C of the IPC by Markat Nagar police.