U.S. Customs and Border Protection released exclusive details to Blaze News related to a $28 million counterfeit bust from the Port of Louisville.
The shipment from Hong Kong was seized by CBP officers on July 9. It was discovered when officers pulled it for inspection on its way to Illinois.
‘Officers are trained to identify illicit shipments and work diligently for American consumers by stopping the flow of unlawful trade.’
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The shipment included 200 watches that bore suspected trademarks of the Audemars Piguet brand.
The Centers of Excellence and Expertise of the CBP determined the watches to be inauthentic. They were seized for “bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks,” according to the CBP news release.
Last month, the CBP claimed it had seized a similar shipment at the
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