Customs officials have uncovered a major counterfeiting operation after seizing a shipment in Los Angeles.
Not money, but shoes!!
More than 14,800 pairs of fake Nikes were discovered in a shipment of boxes marked "napkins" at the L.A./Long Beach Seaport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers revealed Wednesday.
The counterfeit Air Jordans have a street value of at least $2 million, authorities say.
"Counterfeit brand-name shoes is a multi-million dollar criminal industry," says CBP port director LaFonda Sutton-Burke.
"The trafficking of these items is extremely lucrative and becomes more profitable in markets involving successful and popular products."
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