IPR Center seizes $97.8M in counterfeit sports merchandise during annual Operation Team Player

 LOS ANGELES — Today, the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the National Football League (NFL), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Los Angeles Sheriff Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced that more than 267, 511 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $97.8 million, were seized during Operation Team Player.

Operation Team Player is a year-round effort developed by the IPR Center to crackdown on the illegal importation of counterfeit sports apparel and entertainment merchandise. Read more at: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ipr-center-seizes-978m-counterfeit-sports-merchandise-during-annual-operation-team

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