Customs is donating the jeans to the Catholic Community Services organization. The jeans were seized on May 28 at the San Luis port of entry because they were unauthorized counterfeits of genuine Levi s jeans. Customs inspectors were performing an examination on a vehicle that entered the port from Mexico when they discovered the jeans in a suitcase.
Customs inspectors are hard at work at our borders, enforcing hundreds of laws.
We commend the inspectors for their excellent work and we also thank the Levi Strauss company for allowing us to proceed with the donation. Without their approval to donate the jeans, they would have been destroyed. U.S. laws prohibit the duplication and distribution of trademarked items without prior approval of the trademark holder. Routine Customs inspections of imported and exported goods help prevent bogus merchandise from entering the legitimate marketplace. Regular classroom instruction helps Customs officers identify potentially fraudulent goods.