Counterfeit laundry products. 22 metric tons worth

https://apnews.com/article/latvia-counterfeit-detergent-ariel-criminal-gang-7c90d2a2fd2fb8dd8f8fc322867680b0

This gives a whole new meaning to laundring money.

In reply to J.A. Ackley :

I would have been upset if that joke wasn't the first comment.

J.A. Ackley said:

This gives a whole new meaning to laundrying money.

#dadjokes

I mean, what else can be said? I might as well lock the thread now... 

Only 2 were charged.

The rest got away clean?

Counterfeiting can be a slippery slope.

I am officially baffled by the logic of this, if "logic" is the word I want.

Is Ariel laundry detergent that good, or is the Lithuanian criminal mind that strange, or is this part of some bizarre global (well, Baltic) conspiracy to drive Latvians insane with clothes that don't get quite clean enough, or what?

My how the Tide has turned, and left them with so little to Gain. Maybe they will Bounce back. 

In reply to 914Driver :

Wait–you mean you aren't supposed to use an actual Tide Pod to make those?