City of London Police unveils seizure of fake shirts worth £18.5 million
City of London police have dismantled a massive counterfeit football shirt operation, seizing more than 220,000 fake World Cup kits from January 2026, with an estimated real retail value of more than £18.5 million. The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) led this sweeping crackdown targeting illicit sales channels including online marketplaces, live shopping apps