Counterfeit products can be likely traced to organized crime groups, including drug cartels, the Russian mob and the Asian mob, authorities say.
It's an estimated $3.3 billion problem: that is the total value of fake designer goods seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
At O'Hare's international mail facility, CBP officers and a canine corps are constantly on guard as conveyor belts of could-be criminal products come through 24 hours a day. CBP officers intercepted the fakes in Chicago before they could be delivered, then likely marked up and sold at a huge profit by criminal racketeers.
Over the years, U.S. investigators have intercepted fake Super Bowl rings, knockoff eye-wear and electronics-bogus and sometimes dangerous.
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