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CBP Seizes $1.2M in Counterfeit Handbags at Port of Miami

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Miami have recently seized a shipment of counterfeit designer handbags with a total retail value of nearly $1.2 million. The case began when CBP officers from the Miami Field Office…

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examined samples of a shipment of more than 1,600 handbags for possible infringement of intellectual property rights (IPR). The commodity team determined that the handbags were counterfeit and infringed upon the copyrights held by companies such as Chloe, Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Dolce & Gabbana.