But until they do, just like handling counterfeit money, all of us are going to be victimized if you will, by counterfeits and forgers.

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He compares it to counterfeit money de-valuing real currency.

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There are estimates of 50 gangs, with more than 100, 000 members, that have set up bases in China and also in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., where they can make big money trading counterfeit DVDs, software and clothing.

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But as long as there is demand for cheap knockoffs--and patients are willing to chance taking them in order to save money on skyrocketing drug prices--the counterfeit problem is not likely to go away.

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Kevin Abar, assistant special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Mexico, said there's evidence that Mexican drug cartels are getting involved in the counterfeit NFL black market trade because they can make quick money.

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There are lots of ways to make money: You can earn it, find it, counterfeit it, steal it.

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The money will go towards creating a new programme to improve Interpol's fight against the counterfeit industry.

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"In this era of mobile banking, use of counterfeit devices, which are manufactured without due consideration to the recognised security standards, may expose our mobile money systems as well as the wider banking and financial system to unnecessary risks, " said the communications secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo.

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