- Exposes the true consequences of dealing in counterfeit goods
- Based on first-hand interviews with victims, criminals and authorities
- Shows the link between counterfeit goods and organized crime, detailing how the criminal network costs jobs, cripples developing countries and breeds corruption and violence
- Winner of the Media category at the 2006 Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards
Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods
The True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crimewave
Knockoff exposes the truth behind fake and counterfeit goods and reveals the links between organised crime and illegal goods. Describes how the counterfeiters' criminal network costs jobs, cripples developing countries and breeds corruption.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749449414
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 233x156
256 pages
About the book
In this compelling account, Knockoff exposes the truth behind the fakes and uncovers the shocking consequences of dealing in counterfeit goods. Travelling 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 authors
Tim Phillips is a freelance journalist. He has written for The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian and 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).
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