Government release

# Department of Justice Seizes More Than $1.5 Million in Proceeds from the Online Sale of Counterfeit Sports Apparel Manufactured in China

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, May 11, 2012. Operation In Our Sites as a continuing multi-year ICE/HSI initiative announced in June 2010 rather than a single dated incident, with 761 domain names seized cumulatively as of May 2012..

**Source type:** Government release

**Published:** May 11, 2012

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

**Published:** May 11, 2012

**Source type:** Government release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/department-justice-seizes-more-15-million-proceeds-online-sale-counterfeit-sports-apparel](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/department-justice-seizes-more-15-million-proceeds-online-sale-counterfeit-sports-apparel)

**What it supports:** Operation In Our Sites as a continuing multi-year ICE/HSI initiative announced in June 2010 rather than a single dated incident, with 761 domain names seized cumulatively as of May 2012.

**Dataset id:** src\_justicegov\_counterfeit\_sports\_apparel\_2012

## Research notes

- Subtitle on the page: 'Action Comes After Earlier Seizures of Another $896,000 in Proceeds'.
- The input justice.gov/opa/pr/ URL now 301-redirects to the /archives/ path recorded here.
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## Cited by

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[Operation In Our Sites (initial phase)](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-in-our-sites-initial-phase)

Piracy and IP, June 2010

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