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TED Talks: Season 2017

2017x270 Alastair Gray: How fake handbags fund terrorism and organized crime
TV-PG

  • 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 15m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
What's the harm in buying a knock-off purse or a fake designer watch? According to counterfeit investigator Alastair Gray, fakes like these fund terrorism and organized crime. Learn more about the trillion-dollar underground economy of counterfeiting -- from the criminal organizations that run it to the child labor they use to produce its goods -- as well as measures you can take to help stop it. "Let's shine a light on the dark forces of counterfeiting that are hiding in plain sight," Gray says.
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