Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods
The True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crimewave
1st Edition
Published on 3. January 2021
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-3986-9925-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
545 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3986-9925-0 (9781398699250)
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Tim Phillips
Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods
The True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crimewave
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03/2007
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
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Person
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).
Content
Section - ONE: Anything under the sun;
Chapter - 01: The second-oldest profession;
Chapter - 02: Brand bandits;
Chapter - 03: Counterfeit Alley;
Chapter - 04: Sex and the purse party;
Section - TWO: Inside the knockoff economy;
Chapter - 05: Copying is a beautiful thing;
Chapter - 06: A greater Europe;
Chapter - 07: I thought I had seen everything;
Chapter - 08: Where buyers and sellers meet;
Chapter - 09: War and peace;
Section - THREE: You can't compete with free;
Chapter - 10: Illusions;
Chapter - 11: Lifting the stone;
Chapter - 12: Ordinary criminals;
Chapter - 13: Turning guns into CD burners;
Chapter - 14: Making a scene;
Chapter - 15: From Russia with Windows;
Section - FOUR: Counterfeit killers;
Chapter - 16: The capital of bogus parts;
Chapter - 17: Under the hood;
Chapter - 18: Show us the dead bodies;
Chapter - 19: Men in white coats;
Chapter - 20: Dora Akunyili must not die
Chapter - 00: Introduction: The knockoff economy;
Section - ONE: Anything under the sun;
Chapter - 01: The second-oldest profession;
Chapter - 02: Brand bandits;
Chapter - 03: Counterfeit Alley;
Chapter - 04: Sex and the purse party;
Section - TWO: Inside the knockoff economy;
Chapter - 05: Copying is a beautiful thing;
Chapter - 06: A greater Europe;
Chapter - 07: I thought I had seen everything;
Chapter - 08: Where buyers and sellers meet;
Chapter - 09: War and peace;
Section - THREE: You can't compete with free;
Chapter - 10: Illusions;
Chapter - 11: Lifting the stone;
Chapter - 12: Ordinary criminals;
Chapter - 13: Turning guns into CD burners;
Chapter - 14: Making a scene;
Chapter - 15: From Russia with Windows;
Section - FOUR: Counterfeit killers;
Chapter - 16: The capital of bogus parts;
Chapter - 17: Under the hood;
Chapter - 18: Show us the dead bodies;
Chapter - 19: Men in white coats;
Chapter - 20: Dora Akunyili must not die
Chapter - 01: The second-oldest profession;
Chapter - 02: Brand bandits;
Chapter - 03: Counterfeit Alley;
Chapter - 04: Sex and the purse party;
Section - TWO: Inside the knockoff economy;
Chapter - 05: Copying is a beautiful thing;
Chapter - 06: A greater Europe;
Chapter - 07: I thought I had seen everything;
Chapter - 08: Where buyers and sellers meet;
Chapter - 09: War and peace;
Section - THREE: You can't compete with free;
Chapter - 10: Illusions;
Chapter - 11: Lifting the stone;
Chapter - 12: Ordinary criminals;
Chapter - 13: Turning guns into CD burners;
Chapter - 14: Making a scene;
Chapter - 15: From Russia with Windows;
Section - FOUR: Counterfeit killers;
Chapter - 16: The capital of bogus parts;
Chapter - 17: Under the hood;
Chapter - 18: Show us the dead bodies;
Chapter - 19: Men in white coats;
Chapter - 20: Dora Akunyili must not die
Chapter - 00: Introduction: The knockoff economy;
Section - ONE: Anything under the sun;
Chapter - 01: The second-oldest profession;
Chapter - 02: Brand bandits;
Chapter - 03: Counterfeit Alley;
Chapter - 04: Sex and the purse party;
Section - TWO: Inside the knockoff economy;
Chapter - 05: Copying is a beautiful thing;
Chapter - 06: A greater Europe;
Chapter - 07: I thought I had seen everything;
Chapter - 08: Where buyers and sellers meet;
Chapter - 09: War and peace;
Section - THREE: You can't compete with free;
Chapter - 10: Illusions;
Chapter - 11: Lifting the stone;
Chapter - 12: Ordinary criminals;
Chapter - 13: Turning guns into CD burners;
Chapter - 14: Making a scene;
Chapter - 15: From Russia with Windows;
Section - FOUR: Counterfeit killers;
Chapter - 16: The capital of bogus parts;
Chapter - 17: Under the hood;
Chapter - 18: Show us the dead bodies;
Chapter - 19: Men in white coats;
Chapter - 20: Dora Akunyili must not die