Counterfeit
The $500 Billion/Year World of Counterfeits
| VICE | ‘Bad Goods’ is a documentary series for Vice News looking at the worldwide illicit trade market, from wildlife trafficking, counterfeit item selling and sand mining. It will follow key people, from enforcement to traffickers, at the heart…
- 2021
- Counterfeit, Financial crisis
The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter | The Art of Making Money
| Topic | The self-declared “world’s greatest counterfeiter,” Frank Bourassa, printed $250 million in fake US currency until he was caught by an undercover cop in 2012. And yet he hardly served any jail time. In this episode, Bourassa reveals…
- 2019
- Counterfeit
Fake! Inside the Terrifying, Trillion-Dollar Bootleg Industry
| Complex | The buying and selling of counterfeit goods is generally seen as a victimless crime, but oftentimes the profits go toward funding some of the shadiest criminal elements from around the world, including terrorism, human trafficking, and child…
- 2016
- Counterfeit
Why Amazon Has So Many Counterfeit Goods
| CNBC | Seizures of counterfeit products at U.S. borders have increased 10-fold over the past two decades as e-commerce sales have boomed. The total value of seized goods – if they had been real – reached nearly $1.4 billion…
- 2020
- Counterfeit
Fakes in the art world – The mystery conman
| DW Documentary | Fake art sits unnoticed in galleries around the world. A talented fraudster has been playing the art market and ripping off collectors for years. Who is the mystery conman? Discover more in THE MYSTERY CONMAN -…
- 2017
- Counterfeit, Business ethics