A passenger verbally declared multiple times they only had 9 mangoes. However, specialists found 10lbs of beef sausages & 5lbs sliced beef meat concealed in clothing. For failing to declare the meats multiple times a civil penalty was imposed. Be truthful & declare all items.

Louisville CBP seized 48 counterfeit Cartier bracelets. If real, the MSRP would’ve been $571K. Illegitimate sales are some of the most profitable transnational crimes. Counterfeiters sell inauthentic versions of popular products, adversely impacting legitimate U.S. businesses.

A package from Colombia was seized when Cincinnati CBP officers found 12 counterfeit watches bearing the protected trademarks of Tissot, Richard Mille, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Rolex, & Ediface. Had the watches been real they had an MSRP of almost $422K.

Louisville CBP officers seized a package arriving from China & heading to Florida. Officers found 61 bracelets bearing the suspected Monaco trademark. Import Specialists deemed them counterfeit & the bracelets were seized, If real the MSRP would have been just shy of $500K.

A traveler arriving from Ethiopia was referred to Agriculture Secondary at O’Hare. Due to anomalies spotted on X-ray, 2 suitcases were inspected. Agriculture specialists found 3 dried monkey carcasses and 1 pangolin carcass. All carcasses were seized and destroyed.

CBP officers in KC stopped a shipment containing counterfeit soccer paraphernalia to include 21 Nike Soccer jerseys, 21 Nike soccer shorts & 21 Nike soccer socks displaying Club Deportivo Guadalajara. The shipment was coming from Mexico & was heading to a residence in Missouri.

If real, more than $2.1 million (MSRP) counterfeit Cartier bracelets were seized by Louisville CBP. The shipment, originating from Hong Kong & manifested as “Bracelet Used For Decoration Rubber” actually contained 59 counterfeit Cartier bracelets. The shipment was headed to FL.

Kansas City CBP intercepted 5 packages containing FDA regulated medications such as Amoxicilina, Clotriplex, Albendazol, Sudagrip, Diclofenaco, Sodico, Cuerpo Amarillo injections, Dex Vita Nervo Injections, Panadol, & Dramamine. The shipment from MX to KS had a value over $423K.

A shipment from China was inspected by Louisville CBP. Inside officers found 135 counterfeit Monaco necklaces. The shipment was headed to a residence in Florida. If real, the MSRP was over $1M. Counterfeit versions of popular brands are regularly sold in online marketplaces.

Indianapolis CBP intercepted a package w/counterfeit watches & watch bands bearing the trademark names of Omega, Rolex, Tag Huer, Patek Philippe, Hublo, & Tudor. The shipment was arriving from Hong Kong heading to Lima, Peru. Had the items been real, the MSRP was over $191K.

A traveler’s stop at O’Hare agriculture secondary yielded 6lbs of brush-tailed porcupine. The porcupine, w/ live maggots, was seized as African rodent is prohibited under Title 42. Bush meat made from African wildlife & almost anything containing meat products, isn’t admissible.

A person in Texas thought ordering counterfeit bracelets from China was a profitable idea. Louisville CBP seized the package, manifested as alloy bracelets, & inside officers found 102 Cartier bracelets & 13 Tiffany & Co bracelets. If real, the bracelets had a MSRP over $1.3M.

Louisville CBP have seen their fair share of counterfeit Audemars Piguet watch shipments, & things haven’t changed. Officers stopped a shipment from Hong Kong w/ another 75 counterfeit Audemars watches; someone in Houston must be a collector. The MSRP, if real, $10.8M.

A traveler returning from Cameroon was directed to CBP’s Agriculture Secondary at O’Hare. Agriculture Specialists found over 10 pounds of what they thought was porcupine meat. It was later confirmed as rodent meat. The bushmeat was seized and then destroyed per regulations.

A shipment from the Philippines contained counterfeit watches, wallets, belts, keychains, bracelets, & bag charms bearing the protected trademarks of Rolex, Coach, Hermes, Gucci & LV. Louisville CBP seized the package. Had the items been real, the MSRP would’ve been over $830K.

CBP Indianapolis intercepted a package containing 30 designer bags, 3 scarves, 3 wallets & 2 watches. These counterfeit items bore the names of designers like Rolex, Chanel, Gucci, YSL, & LV & were seized for trademark violations. Had the items been real the MSRP was over $100K.

Concealing prohibited agriculture & lying if you have anything to declare doesn’t work. O’Hare AG specialists searched a traveler’s bag & found 2lbs of fresh leaves, 3lbs of bark & 44lbs of ruminant meat hidden in gari flour bags, vegetables & jars of pepper sauce.

AG K-9 Elvis alerted to a traveler’s bag at O’Hare. AG Specialists searched & found over 2lbs of dead African mice for human consumption & 22lbs of beef. The mice were seized because of the risk of zoonotic disease & the beef was seized to prevent introducing livestock diseases.

At O’Hare a passenger was sent to Agriculture Secondary for inspection. Agriculture Specialists selected 3 bags to inspect after anomalies were detected on X-ray. Specialists found & seized 6lbs of grasscutter bushmeat. Bush meat made from African wildlife is not admissible.

A shipment from Hong Kong containing 6 Rolex watches, 2 Patek Phillippe watches, 2 Audemars Piguet watches, & 5 Cartier watches were seized for trademark violations. This shipment was heading to a residence in IL. Had these watches been real the MSRP was over $4.8M. Buyer Beware!