ICE Seizes Domain Names Used to Sell Counterfeit Goods
Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized 706 domain names set up to trick customers into buying counterfeit goods, said a Dec. 2 release (here). ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations unit worked with 10 foreign law enforcement agencies to do the roundup, the…
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release said. The sites have been replaced with a banner informing visitors of the seizure and providing information on copyright infringement, the release said. The seizure banners have gotten over 122 million individual views since ICE began the counterfeit website seizure initiative three years ago, said ICE. In that timespan, 2,550 domain names have been seized, it said.