Customs officers in China seized 600 footballs fraudulently stamped with...

2006-05-30T00:00:00

Customs officers in China seized 600 footballs fraudulently stamped with the official logo of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It remains undisclosed where the balls, which were confiscated at the Eastern port of Ningbo, were being shipped or how the authorities knew they were fakes.

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