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How fake handbags fund terrorism and organized crime | Alistair Gray

How fake handbags fund terrorism and organized crime | Alistair Gray

What's the harm in buying a knock-off purse or a fake designer watch?

TED Talks Daily · TED

December 6, 201712m 4s

Show Notes

What's the harm in buying a knock-off purse or a fake designer watch? According to counterfeit investigator Alastair Gray, fakes like these fund terrorism and organized crime. Learn more about the trillion-dollar underground economy of counterfeiting -- from the criminal organizations that run it to the child labor they use to produce its goods -- as well as measures you can take to help stop it. "Let's shine a light on the dark forces of counterfeiting that are hiding in plain sight," Gray says.

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