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:
Rob Holmes is Founder & CEO of IPCybercrime, a boutique firm providing top-rated investigations for brand owners and their attorneys.
Hey, great job, Rob! Very cool, Holmes P.I.
Thanks!
forgive me but hope you can advise me..
wonder if you know when this will be aired in CNBC in UK?
Hi Gareth! I actually am not sure but I suspect once they secure overseas rights it may start airing there.
Rob