Fake Goods, Real Money : The counterfeiting business and its financial management, Hardcover by Antonopoulos, Georgios A.; Hall, Alexandra; Large, Joanna; Shen, Anqi; Crang, Michael, ISBN 1447346963, ISBN-13 9781447346968, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Drawing on a 12-month project that included interviews with law enforcement, criminal entrepreneurs, and others, the authors examine techniques of financial management in the counterfeit trade and suggest that the transnational counterfeit trade is connected to ordinary trade, local criminal entrepreneurs, and groups of actors finding arbitrage opportunities created by shifting goods across consumer markets. They focus on tangible goods and how capital is secured to allow counterfeiting businesses to be initiated and sustained, how entrepreneurs and customers settle payments, the costs of conducting business in the counterfeiting trade, and how profits from the business are spent and invested, covering the UK in the broader context of transnational trade and focusing on trade with China. Chapters describe the nature and dynamics of the counterfeiting business and financial aspects of the trade in counterfeit goods. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()