CBP Operation With Hong Kong Customs Seizes $1.1 Million in Bogus Electronics

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Hong Kong Customs seized 140 shipments of counterfeit consumer electronics as part of a joint operation in November between the customs administrations, CBP announced. The goods, which included smartphones, adapters, speakers and headsets, would be worth $1.1 million if authentic, CBP said Tuesday. Its mobile intellectual property enforcement team led the joint operation. “This is the third bilateral or multilateral joint operation CBP has conducted with Hong Kong Customs this year,” said Michael Walsh, director of CBP’s Intellectual Property Rights and E-Commerce Division.