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INTRODUCING THE LATEST ACCESSORY TO ORGANISED CRIME: FAKE HANDBAGS

July 30th, 2010

The Louis Vuitton handbag is one of the most popular and recognizable in the world of fashion “will cost hundreds of pounds raised from the rich and beautiful, long waiting lists for the latest models. But today,” Today, Britain’s largest outdoor market in the near Harlow, Essex, leather bags, white chocolate and gold LV monogram is the international symbol of luxury “is on the sale of less than 10 pounds. Despite the “seriousness” of the logo, everyone knows that these are counterfeit goods. And not only Louis Vuitton copies of designer handbags high quality on the North Weald and hundreds of other street stalls in the UK, not to mention the eBay site and others like them. Thousands of customers to buy a week, a bag of reproduction, on the basis that a little harmless copy of a luxury label has never hurt anyone. It is this assumption that warn of experts, based on the trade in counterfeit goods sweatshops, slavery and child labor is used to finance challenged by terrorism and organized crime. An Interpol report indicated that groups like al-Qaida were sales of counterfeit goods in the UK to finance their activities. Fake handbags can be as lucrative as drug trafficking, said the report. In fact, handbags appealing than drugs because of trade with low risk, with paltry penalties for counterfeiting and less attention by the police. The report concludes: “Interpol is the alarm that intellectual property crime is becoming the preferred method of financing a number of terrorist groups.” There are enough examples now of the funding of terrorist groups in this way for us to worry about the threat to public safety. We now need to take preventive measures. “The first Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting disadvantages found in Rome last October, when experts from countries around the world have presented the results of the extent of counterfeit products. Nine percent of global trade in counterfeit goods has become, is Congress. But taken in the United Kingdom, a 54th million counterfeit products by customs officials in 2003, an eightfold increase over the last five years. Experts estimate that nearly 100 million fraud in the UK each year are sold. counterfeit goods are estimated to cost companies in the UK over £ 6000000000 per year. Ruth Orchard, director general of the group against counterfeiting (CAG) in the UK, said: “When you talk about fakes, people think of a” market stall Del Boy “, where you tend to a bit of a market that not really hurt anyone, but nothing could be further from the truth. When I started this job, I was stunned by the scale of the thing, and it has grown exponentially in recent years, partly because of links to organized crime and terrorism. Be “It can not happen all the time, but if you buy a handbag brand counterfeiting, you are indirectly funding serious, organized crime and groups like al-Qaeda. This is the message we have today to convey.” Counterfeit goods likely made in exploitative conditions, have been under Ms. Orchard. “Where there is to do intricate work, like sewing on beads handbags often use children because they can little hands and work faster,” she said. “We have heard of a case in China where people were locked in the factory for a month and forced to work to get a job.” Search for CAG found that most customers were in the market for counterfeit goods do not live by the lowest social strata, but were young, wealthy women earn about £ 35,000 a year. Orchard woman said: “To say it is OK to buy a fake bag must be a thing of the past.” Counterfeits are sold ABELT BAG Gucci The real thing sells for 120 pounds, but the lines can be bought for less than £ 5th In a raid against counterfeiting in Italy, a woman with a fake Gucci handbag was given a 10,000 euro fine. copied DMURAKAMI BAG Louis Vuitton Among the products most of the counterfeiters. LVMH, the real, a team working on the counterfeits sold on Web sites can be examined. ASAUSAGE BAG seen “Burberry Far East, where most counterfeit products are made. Burberry believes he has suffered because of the aftershocks, preferably to a” Chav “.