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"Hilarious: knock-off handbags fund TERRORISM and ORGANIZED CRIME! o,m,g."

Profits from counterfeit products do often fund international crime groups, drug cartels, terrorism, and can be linked to child labor and prostitution.

Organized crime groups want to move large amounts of cash without a paper trail so they've resorted to fake businesses (sometimes using counterfeit products) as a means to launder the money. I'm in the financial industry (specifically anti-money laundering) and we work hand in hand with the FBI, ICE, etc who have made it very clear how problematic counterfeit products really are.

I hate to bring this point up again, but a counterfeit can be so much more than just a bargain product.