Knockoff : the deadly trade in counterfeit goods : the true story of the world's fastest growing crime wave by Phillips, Tim, 1967- instant download

Knockoff : the deadly trade in counterfeit goods : the true story of the world's fastest growing crime wave by Phillips, Tim, 1967- instant download

viii, 246 pages ; 23 cm, 'Knockoff' exposes the shocking truth that counterfeiting isn't harmless - far from it. Phillips travelled to America, China and Russia, amongst other countries, to research this book with the support of several bodies including the New York Police, the Business Software Alliance and the International Chambers of Commerce, Originally published: 2005, The knockoff economy -- Anything under the sun -- The second-oldest profession -- Brand bandits -- Counterfeit alley -- Sex and the purse party -- Inside the knockoff economy -- Copying is a beautiful thing -- A greater Europe -- I thought I had seen everything -- Where buyers and sellers meet -- War and peace -- You can't compete with free -- Illusions -- Lifting the stone -- Ordinary criminals -- Turning guns into CD burners -- Making a scene -- From Russia with windows -- Counterfeit killers -- Under the hood -- Show us the dead bodies -- Men in white coats -- Dora Akunyili must not die -- Whack a mole