What does it mean to purchase goods sold in spam?

Where do the products sold in spam come from?

Who profits from merchandise sold in spam?

What is driving and enabling it?

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

Manufacture of these goods is often done using forced, prison, child or under compensated labor

The illegal factories are usually not inspected and pose serious health, safety and environmental threats

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

In order to operate large illegal factories, local government must be bribed or coerced

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

The products themselves represent copyright, trademark and intellectual property infringements

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

Fake goods must be smuggled out of source countries

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

Contraband is often carried by human mules, tying smuggling to human traffic, sexual exploitation, document forgery and other transnational crime

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

Taxes are unlikely to be paid on smuggled, counterfeit goods

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

Profits from illicit traffic fund criminal organizations, terror groups and bloody conflicts in developing countries

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

Substandard counterfeit goods explode, start fires, and poison people

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam

Profits from illicit traffic must be moved by money launderers

The Path of Fake Goods Sold in Spam