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CBP agents seize $7 million worth of counterfeit Cartier jewelry and Rolex watches

(CNN)U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Ohio found three counterfeit Seized watches and jewelry. $7 million, according to officials.

Police intercepted shipments from Hong Kong in Cincinnati, CBP said in his release earlier this month,that 800 fake Cartier bracelets were found. As mentioned above, there were 13 Rolex watches. The bracelet was addressed to a private residence in Virginia and the watch to a corporation in Texas.
CBP seized counterfeit watches and jewelry.
CBP seized counterfeit watches and jewelry.

CBP seized counterfeit watches and jewelry.

One of the packages had a declared value of $319, but if the jewelry was real, he could have been worth more than $3 million. he said CBP.

"CBP agents play an important role in the nation's efforts to keep unsafe counterfeit and pirated goods from harming the American public," said Cincinnati. Port Authority Commissioner Richard Gillespie said in a release. "This is another dramatic example of how CBP employees work every day to protect American consumers, the American economy and American jobs."

CBP warned of a significant increase in counterfeit and pirated goods entering the United States, largely driven by the rapid growth of e-commerce.

"U.S. consumers each year spend more than $100 billion on goods that infringe intellectual property rights (IPR), and counterfeit goods are illegally sold worldwide. about 20% of the goods,” he said, CBP said. mentioned in the release.