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Video: How fake handbags fund terrorism and organized crime

Counterfeit investigator Alastair Gray talks about how the counterfeit goods that we’re buying funds terrorism and organized crime.

What’s the harm in buying a knock-off purse or a fake designer watch? According to counterfeit investigator Alastair Gray, fakes like these fund terrorism and organized crime.

Learn more about the trillion-dollar underground economy of counterfeiting — from the criminal organizations that run it to the child labor they use to produce its goods — as well as measures you can take to help stop it. “Let’s shine a light on the dark forces of counterfeiting that are hiding in plain sight,” Gray says.