More than 13,000 Counterfeit Toys Seized at the border
The approximate price of what the toys would have sold for in the U.S. totals $198,000.
OTAY MESA, SAN DIEGO ( KTLA) -- More than 13,000 counterfeit toys were confiscated at the Otay Mesa cargo port of entry.
Over the last two-and-a-half months, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 13,843 toys, including, 5,472 counterfeit Barbie dolls, 24 counterfeit Cinderella dolls, 12 counterfeit Bratz dolls, 4,692 counterfeit Barbie medical playsets, 1,600 counterfeit hand-held Tetris electronic games, 36 counterfeit Lego blocks sets, 20 Chargers Bolt masks, ten Superman mask/cape combinations, nine Spiderman mask/cape combinations, 816 toy cell phones with counterfeit Barbie, Mickey Mouse, and Winnie the Pooh images, and 1152 counterfeit Disney's 101 Dalmatians toy dogs.
The approximate price of what the toys would have sold for in the U.S. totals $198,000.
According to officials, most of the toys were exports, heading to Mexico. But the shipment containing the fake Chargers Bolt masks and Superman and Spiderman mask/cape combinations were imports, destined for the U.S.
Counterfeit merchandise violates existing copyrights and trademarks.
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