Fashion has emerged as the most vulnerable counterfeited and pirated goods all over the Internet.

The threats posed by transnational criminal networks exploiting digital currencies for money laundering and terrorism financing are high on INTERPOL’s agenda in 2017.

Counterfeit goods, software piracy and the theft of trade secrets cost the American economy as much as $600 billion a year.

eBay is developing a new authentication program for some of its higher-end items to create a network of professional authenticators it can use to verify that products are legitimate.

More than $460 million in cash and bearer negotiable instruments (BNIs) and some 300 weapons have been seized in a global counter-smuggling operation coordinated by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and INTERPOL.

A report by the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global IP Centre says that as much of 86% of the world’s counterfeit goods originate from China.

A survey by MarkMonitor reveals the impact that online counterfeiting is having on the sales of genuine brand.

The market for fake goods is on the rise, with international trade in counterfeited or pirated products valued almost a half a trillion dollars.