CBP, ICE Seeking Out Imports of Counterfeit Electronics in New Operation
A new joint enforcement effort between CBP, ICE and the Justice Department will target illegal imports of counterfeit consumer electronics, ICE said in a news release (here). The initiative, called Operation Surge Protector, "will focus on electronics vulnerable to counterfeiting,…
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including phony digital media devices, power adapters and consumer technology powered by lithium ion batteries," ICE said. Government "collaboration with industry and external law-enforcement agencies has revealed that counterfeit electronics are a serious threat to public safety on par with fake pharmaceuticals and bogus automotive parts,” said Peter Edge, executive associate director of ICE Homeland Security Investigations. The intergovernmental National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center decided to review its enforcement work in this area after an increase in seizures during 2016 of hoverboards and other products that use lithium ion batteries, ICE said.