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November 27, 2012 03:41 pm GMT

Authorities Crack Down on Cyber Monday Sites Selling Counterfeit Products


U.S. and European officials seized 132 domain names that were illegally selling counterfeit products online to unsuspecting customers at the height of holiday-shopping season.

In an operation called "Project Cyber Monday 3," the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations seized 101 websites, and produced one arrest. The European Police Office, as well as law-enforcement agencies from Belgium, Denmark, France, Romania and the UK, retrieved the 31 other sites as part of "Project Transatlantic," according to a release.

"Our partnerships enable us to go after criminals who are duping unsuspecting shoppers all over the world," ICE director John Morton s…
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