U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials seized $123 million worth of fake National Football League merchandise ahead of Super Bowl LIV in Miami this weekend — quadrupling last year’s haul.
The CBP and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations agency announced the record-breaking seizure of more than 176,000 counterfeit football items in Miami Beach on Thursday. Much of the team gear was prevented from getting onto U.S. streets by customs officers who inspect imports at sea, land, and air ports, though some items were found for sale in the city and elsewhere.
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