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Two people have been arrested in the largest seizure of counterfeit goods in US history, including knock-off designer goods with an estimated retail value of more than a billion dollars, officials in New York said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adama Sow, 38, and Abdulai Jalloh, 48, were arrested Wednesday morning and charged with trafficking in counterfeit goods, according to indictments and a news release<\/a> from the US Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a bond hearing Wednesday, a judge set Sow\u2019s bond at $1 million and Jalloh\u2019s bond at $500,000, court records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sow and Jalloh ran the trafficking operation out of a Manhattan storage facility from January to October, the news release from the attorney\u2019s office said. Counterfeit goods were also found during searches of separate locations controlled by Sow and Jalloh, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximately 219,000 counterfeit items with an estimated retail value of $1.03 billion were found during the seizure, including bags, clothes, shoes and other products, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a testament to the commitment of this Office and its law enforcement partners to combat counterfeit trafficking in New York City,\u201d US Attorney Damian Williams said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trafficking charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, the attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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