Long have experts been linking the multi-billion dollar counterfeiting enterprise with organized crime across the world. The latest political leader to address this serious concern is Sandro Calvani, director of the U.N. Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, who just compiled a report calling counterfeits a "21st century gold mine" for criminals who exploit trade routes also used in the drug trade, gun running and human trafficking."It is an immense source of profits which are readily reinvested in other illegal activities or used to launder money derived from other crimes," said Calvani.
The UN report discussed links between counterfeit CDs, DVDs, luxury goods and electronics and gangs including the Camorra in Naples, mafia in Russia, as well as Japanese Yazukas.
Read more about the UN report here.
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