Counterfeiting is a global issue and has been for years. Technology has just made it worse, much worse. And here's a clue as to why. It's a very profitable business,you can get into business at very low cost, and the penalties if you get caught are very small compared to other illegal activities.It's almost impossible for Customs and Border Protection to stop the problem. Eighty-four percent of counterfeit goods seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2012 came from China or Hong Kong.Therefore,China is called as the "wild west for manufacturing counterfeit products"by American.
Technology has given counterfeiters the ability to make convincing electronic rip-offs -- fast -- while the Internet has made it easier to buy counterfeit products. Websites can be made to look reputable in a way that a sleazy middleman selling Air Phones and Apple-a-likes on Canal Street never could. And Doppelganger websites frequently dupe customers into thinking they're getting the real deal, even at a fraction of the price.
