The 43 country operation, two- month operation, led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and the World Customs Organization came to a close with 150,000 confiscated items.

The operation, which began in November of 2011, seized toys, pharmaceuticals, electronic goods, clothing, phones, handbags, watches, DVDs, marijuana seeds, steroids and amphetamines.

Operations in the United States took place in Anchorage, Chicago, San Fransisco, Memphis, New York and Louisville. The items seized in the United States was valued at $7.3 million.

“The smuggling of counterfeit goods robs Americans of jobs and diverts legitimate revenue from responsible industries into the pockets of organized crime. Substandard health and safety products also pose a legitimate risk to the American people,” said ICE Director John Morton. “We thank the World Customs Organization for coordinating this second phase of the operation and facilitating the cooperation of so many member countries.”

Counterfeiters have increasingly began using the postal service as well as express mailing companies to get their illegal goods to their customers, this change in trend is much harder to track and surveil than previous methods of bulk shipping.

“Operation Global Hoax II” came on heels of “Operation Global Hoax,” that in 2010, netted 142,000 DVDs and 28,000 CDs. Customs departments from 33 countries have submitted the results of their operations, Results from additional countries are still coming in.