Human Trafficking and Counterfeiting

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/the-fight-against-fakes-0109_

Child labor, terrorism, human trafficking: Buying counterfeit designer goods is hardly harmless

Counterfeiting has become an enormous problem in our world and what aide's it in its efforts is human trafficking. Many people fail to realize the correlation and the astounding statistics that comes along with it. This harms Americans more than we know; it is the cause for the loss of more than 700,000 jobs and takes 7% from the annual world trade, valued at 600 billion dollars. However, without human trafficking this would not be an issue.

As many companies begin to cracked down on those trying to "push product" which is counterfeit, the police are also aiding its efforts. While there are many sweatshops such as: the sweatshop oversees that tethered children to the floor while they were force to make fake handbags, the dealers are over at the forefront selling the counterfeited goods. Companies are trying to stop it on the electronic level by suing eBay and others of like it who allow counterfeits to be sold. On the other hand, the police pursue this on a street level. However, the battle is far from over.

The battle goes on. As the police become more knowledgeable, so are people involved in  counterfeiting. In lieu of using too many sweatshops oversees, dealers are now having illegal immigrants in America placing logos on the generic items. In addition, dealers do not hold stock rooms full of products, but hold vans placed around the city. Although the police realize this, it makes finding a counterfeiting and human trafficking ring a longer process.