DHS seizes $21.6 million in fake NFL merchandise, arrests 50 involved
Ahead of the Super Bowl, federal officials announced a crackdown on counterfeit National Football League merchandise, revealing the seizure of more than $21.6 million in fake NFL merchandise, Thursday.
In an initiative called “Operation Team Player,” the feds targeted international shipments of counterfeit merchandise from abroad as it came into the United States, as well as warehouses, stores, online vendors, and street vendors selling counterfeit goods and tickets nationwide. The operation began in June.
“Our agents are committed to combating the criminal enterprises selling counterfeit products which undermine our economy, and take jobs away from Americans,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director John Sandweg said in a statement. “No good comes from counterfeiting American products regardless of whether they are jerseys, airbags or pharmaceuticals.
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Why am I paying taxes so that the DHS can defend revenue for a tax exempt entity? Why isn’t the NFL reimbursing the many municipalities that are sending their cops to E Rutherford, at the NFLs request, Sunday?
Fuck the NFL. Seriously, fuck them. This is the most glaring example of socialized losses / privatized gains I have ever seen. And we eat it up like lemmings.
“Take jobs away from Americans”
What a load of bullshit. All that’s happening is the NFL is losing revenue, and some small business entrepreneurs are getting shafted. Same Chinese manufacture.
Meanwhile, we’re paying the DHS to interfere in private enterprise? I thought they were supposed to defend our liberties or something like that? Disband them now.