The council said the farm raid was codenamed Operation Rudolph and involved environmental health and trading standards officers, the Welsh Food Fraud Co-ordination Unit, the Animal Health Veterinary Laboratory Agency and Dyfed-Powys Police.

BBC: Mid Wales

Two months after the raid the ring was back in operation, having shipped 13, 000 more fake watches to America, according to a judge's ruling in a contempt hearing in early April.

FORBES: Cartier Cop

Several Victoria Crosses were awarded to individuals who played a part in the operation, described by some as "the greatest raid of all".

BBC: HMS Campbeltown

In last month's raid, the biggest Nato-led operation in 18 months, hundreds of troops were deployed in the mountain town of Pale after intelligence was received that the former Bosnian Serb leader was in the area.

BBC: NEWS | Europe | Karadzic wife sues over Nato raid

President Obama stressed in his announcement of Mr. bin Laden's death that the raid was solely a U.S. operation.

WSJ: New Test for U.S.-Pakistan Relations

Sources say the raid was phase one of a three-part operation.

NPR: Attacking Al-Qaida In Pakistan