U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) officers at the Chicago International Mail Branch (IMF) recently seized several packages all arriving from China that contained counterfeit Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) badges.
CBP seized these badges on August 13 and 15. This isn’t the first time CBP has seen counterfeit federal law enforcement badges. They have seen counterfeit U.S. Marshal badges and other knock-off law enforcement badges. In all, CBP seized eight DEA badges and one FBI badge. All the parcels were destined for locations across the U.S.
“These counterfeit badges could have led to disastrous consequences if our officers had not found them,” said LaFonda Sutton-Burke, Director, Field Operations-Chicago. “Criminal organizations could have used these badges for their illicit activity under the guise of federal agents. Our CBP officers were able to identify these very realistic counterfeits and stop them from reaching their destinations.”
“It could be a serious security issue,” said Shane Campbell, Area Port Director – Chicago. “Used nefariously, a fake badge can be a danger to the public and can harm the public's trust in law enforcement.”
CBP Officers coordinate findings with CBP’s Fraudulent Document Analysis Unit, Homeland Security Investigations and other federal partners in an effort to combat this illicit activity.
CBP routinely conducts inspection operations on arriving and departing international flights and intercepts narcotics, weapons, currency, prohibited agriculture products, counterfeit goods, and other illicit items at our nation’s 328 international ports of entry.
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False Government ID can be used to assist domestic and foreign terrorist groups to obtain access to key infrastructure... There are several critical locations in the US if attacked and destroyed would be catastrophic to our electric grid and power distribution. There are other key choke points in our pipeline network that would create major problems in fueling our economy and critical institutions of government and commerce.
There need to be additional security measures applies.. such as encrypted ID cards, retina scanning, and fingerprint ID required to access critical institutions and infrastructure... Badges are simply too easily counterfeited or stolen.
False identification is deemed part and parcel for espionage in war time.
I'd say Chinese spies would be due the same treatment the 1940s German spies recieved.
All of them are fake now.
So glad they were seized it could have been used against us
If there are some, there are more.
Realy... how many counterfeit badges made it through?
They were obviosly been make to be used against us!
This is not surprising. If there is a "Need and a Profit" "The Way will be found in China." That Door was opened long ago.
Lynn Bryant DeSpain
Well at least they seem to be doing something worthwhile. But I would bet the Traitor of the United States policies have allowed the CCP to get ahold of badges to counterfeit.
My guess is they were intended to go to their people already in country to gain access to resricted areas and to try and take down or scare of patriots or patriot groups that they know will fight them to the death if they try to take over the country.