Fake handbags, watches, and perfumes are a way of the past. The largest underground industry in the world, Counterfeit Goods bring in hundreds of billions, while sapping the economy, putting lives in jeopardy, and funding organized crime in the process.

CNBC presents “Crime Inc.: Counterfeit Goods,” a CNBC Original reported by CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla takes viewers inside where the goods are produced and confiscated in a world of high-risk and high-reward.

The one-hour special brings you on raids with the LAPD anti-counterfeiting unit, inspections at ports, and back-room factories where counterfeits are produced. Meet a couple who was paralyzed by counterfeit Botox, a company whose whole brand was copied, and the story of a defense contractor who counterfeit defense parts that found their way into weapons depots in Iraq.

At around 7% of all global trade, Counterfeit Goods are a big business with low overhead. It makes too much money to go away any time soon.

Below is a video NBC television shot featuring me as a network lead-in to advertise for the CNBC piece:

For the first time ever I have created a much-anticipated workshop on the state-of-the-art techniques that have made him the premier innovation leader in the Online Investigations industry.  Never before, anywhere, has this much quality content been imparted in one place. New content added with new guest speaker and panel of experts!!!

This is the first time this seminar has been OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

HURRY!  ONLY 25 SEATS AVAILABLE!

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Instructor – Online Investigations & Web Analysis

Rob Holmes is Founder & CEO of IPCybercrime.com. Raised in New Jersey in a family of private investigators, Rob worked his first trademark infringement case at the age of twelve. While aspiring as a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles in the early 90s, he was employed at a premiere intellectual property investigative firm. Here, he found himself assigned to investigate a new breed of faceless perpetrators: online infringers. Rob conducted some of the world’s first IP-related Internet investigations, and pioneered the study of the “virtual crime scene”. His regular clients include 20 of the 100 Best Global Brands.  He is editor of the blog Knockoff Report and author of the book “Brand Protection Bible” due out in Fall 2010.

Guest Speaker – Hacking & Anonymity

Steve Topletz is Operations Advisor of XeroBank and is the original author of Torpark and xB Browser which has been downloaded over 15 million times.  He is a security expert and speaker on privacy at Blackhat and Defcon. He is an outspoken member of Hacktivismo, which promotes privacy and human rights.  His talk at last year’s Boot Camp was very well-received.

Guest Speaker – Search Engine Strategies

Tony Wright is one of the world’s leading experts on search engine optimization and is a sought-after speaker on the topics of crisis communication and brand reputation strategy.  After the events of 9/11 it was Wright who was called on by American Airlines to direct their online corporate reputation management strategy. He is a frequent speaker at top industry events, including Search Marketing Expo, Pubcon & Search Engine Strategies. Wright’s work has received many awards including the Excellence in Interactive Marketing Award, the Katie Awards, Webawards and the PRweek awards.

In this intensive 8-hour course, you will learn basic and advanced techniques on hunting people and maneuvering online.  Topics will include:

• Policing the web
• Preserving, handling & analyzing data collected from a website
• Profiling the infringer
• Making undercover buys
• Online surveillance
• Contacting subjects
• Email Tracing
• Anonymity
• Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
• Case management
• Search engine optimization
• Much more!

With early-bird registration, you will also receive a bonus personalized one-hour online training session with me.