CBP, ICE Enforcement Operation Targets Counterfeit Tech Imports
Enforcement involving Customs and Border Protection, DOJ and Immigration and Customs Enforcement is targeting illegal imports of some technology products, ICE announced. Operation Surge Protector "will focus on electronics vulnerable to counterfeiting, including phony digital media devices," that agency said…
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Wednesday. Government "collaboration with industry and external law-enforcement agencies has revealed that counterfeit electronics are a serious threat to public safety,” 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 of lithium battery-powered products in 2016, said ICE.