Knockoff: the Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods: The True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crime Wave

Phillips, Tim

ISBN 10: 0749443790 / ISBN 13: 9780749443795

Published by Kogan Page, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knockoff: the Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods: The True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crime Wave
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749443790
• ISBN 13: 9780749443795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

Knockoff exposes the truth behind the fakes and uncovers the shocking consequences of dealing in counterfeit goods. Traveling across the globe, Tim Phillips shows that counterfeiting isn't a victimless crime; it is an illegal global industry undermining the world's economies. Based on interviews with victims, investigators, and the people who sell counterfeits, Knockoff reveals the link between what we see as ""innocent"" fakes and organized crime. Phillips describes in detail how the counterfeiters' criminal network costs jobs, cripples developing countries, breeds corruption and violence, and kills thousands of people every year. He shows that by turning a blind eye to the problem, we become accomplices to theft, extortion, and murder.

About the Author

Tim Phillips is a freelance journalist. He has written for The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, The Observer, and The Sunday Times about business, the internet and technology. Tim is currently the Managing Editor of Performance Plus Magazine and regularly appears on BBC TV and Radio and Sky News. His books include Scoring Points (Kogan Page).