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

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.

Author: Tim Phillips
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 03/27/2007
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780749449414

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 122

About the Author
Phillips, Tim: - Tim Phillips is a well-known business journalist and broadcaster. The author of two previous books, he writes regularly for the mainstream press, including The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian and The Observer, and appears on BBC TV and Radio and Sky News.