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Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods: The True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crimewave


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About the Book

Counterfeiting is one of the fastest growing industries in the world ? it is a market worth more than $500 billion, or 7 per cent of the world's trade. In this compelling account, Knockoff exposes the truth behind the fakes and uncovers the shocking consequences of dealing in counterfeit goods. Travelling across the globe, Tim Phillips shows that counterfeiting isn't a victimless crime; it is an illegal global industry undermining the world's economies. Based on interviews with victims, investigators and the people who sell counterfeits, Knockoff reveals the link between what we see as innocent fakes and organized crime. Phillips describes in detail how the counterfeiters criminal network costs jobs, cripples developing countries, breeds corruption and violence and kills thousands of people every year. He shows that by turning a blind eye to the problem, we become accomplices to theft, extortion and murder. This disturbing book will make you squirm in your seat if you've ever purchased counterfeit goods.

Table of Contents:
Part one: Everything under the sun; Super Cow Museum of Counterfeiting, Paris; Counterfeit Alley New York; Like a bad movie Beijing; Sex and the Purse Party Los Angeles; A greater Europe Venice to Warsaw; Where buyers and sellers meet eBay; I thought I had seen everything Brussels; Part two: You can't compete with free: Illusions Islamabad, Pakistan; Lifting the stone the IFPI forensics lab; Ordinary criminals street market, Yorkshire; The Lion King Northern Ireland; From the topserver down the world wide web; From Russia with Warez Moscow; Part three: Death by fake: AA965 Cali, Colombia; Corrosion corner Miami; What's under the hood? Washington; Show us the dead bodies London; Dora Akunyili must not die! Nigeria; Fighting bees with a hammer Delhi; Afterword: Is there a better way?

About the Author :
Tim Phillips is a freelance journalist. He has written for The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian and The Observer, and The Sunday Times about business, the internet and technology. Tim is currently the Managing Editor of Performance Plus Magazine and regularly appears on BBC TV and Radio and Sky News. His books include Scoring Points (Kogan Page).

Review :
"Provides us with a deeper insight into this knockoff economy which he so aptly calls a criminal empire of huge proportions." Michel Danet, Secretary-General, World Customs Organization "This is a book that will inform, inspire and alarm." Peter Lowe, Director, ICC Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau "Best Bit: Spot the difference between real British Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce and a knockoff from Honduras: take a second glance and you realise it is called 'Lee Perkins'. Is nothing sacred? Clearly not." The Daily Telegraph "Explores the impact of fake products across all aspects of business." Supply Management "With the eyes and ears of the seasoned business journalist that he is, Phillips takes readers on a global tour of the pervasive and murky economy of counterfeit goods... Suitable for all public libraries and libraries supporting business and criminology programs." Peter R. Latusek, writing in Stanford Graduate School of Business Library, Library Journal "A dark and exciting read, it may make you think twice about that bargain you find while on holiday... Tim Phillips reveals the huge amount of harm the trade causes in this gritty look into the world's counterfeit underworld." Easy Jet in Flight "Phillips concludes with the widely held view that any hope of curbing piracy's spread will depend on how the world values and respects IP." Management Today "Takes readers on a global tour of the pervasive and murky economy of counterfeit goods." Library Journal "Is counterfeiting that big a deal? Most certainly... If it was a business, it would be the world's biggest and twice the size of its nearest competitor." Business Life "With a heavy international emphasis, the author demonstrates that the 'deadly' trade is just that - not just in terms of direct loss of life (a government-controlled newspaper reported that, in 2001, 192,000 people died in China because they took fake drugs), but also the fatal effects on worldwide brands, national economies and individual jobs." Trading Standards Today "Makes the case that counterfeits are hurting both large and small businesses while exacerbating unemployment, worker exploitation, child labour and worldwide poverty, and providing funding for terrorist activities." Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Phillips explains why we should care about counterfeiting and chillingly details who gets robbed, hurt and killed when we don't." Professional Manager "This disturbing book will make readers squirm in their seats if they've ever purchased counterfeit goods." Advance Magazine "Knockoff demonstrates how the seemingly innocent buying of a knockoff is actually completing a vicious cycle that relies on theft at the least and murder at its worst. Phillips' keen journalistic eye for the dramatic twists involved in the trade of counterfeits and his ability to turn a real-life crime story into a compelling tale of business treachery that affects a great many people make Knockoff a fascinating read." www.summary.com "Whether your involvement in security includes investigations or protection of IP, you will find gems of information in this book." Security Management "Tim Phillips' book, Knockoff, aggressively tackles counterfeiting as the crime that it is." Global Business and Organizational Exellence "an absorbing and revealing read ... this book could make you look at PR professionals in a new light". City Business Magazine


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780749443795
  • Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Kogan Page Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0749443790
  • Publisher Date: 03 Oct 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crimewave


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