Market Data: 2008 August


On average, $7.8 million in Supernotes confiscated annually

Source: Peter Finn, “Probe Traces Global Reach of Counterfeiting Ring,” Washington Post, November 26, 2006.

Half of all seized counterfeit dollars in 2003 were from Colombia

Source: Bill Faries, “Made in South America: New Breed of Fake US Dollars,Christian Science Monitor, April 14, 2005.

Less than 1 percent of total dollar supply is counterfeit

Source: Bill Faries, “Made in South America: New Breed of Fake US Dollars,Christian Science Monitor, April 14, 2005.

5 to 7 percent of Europe’s crop protection products are counterfeit

Source: Andrew Bounds and Roman Olearchyk, “Alarm at flood of bogus pesticides,” Financial Times Deutschland, July 1, 2008.

$735 million market of counterfeit pesticides in Europe

Source: Andrew Bounds and Roman Loearchyk, “Alarm at flood of bogus pesticides,” Financial Times Deutschland, July 1, 2008.

90 percent of fake pesticides in Europe came from China

Source: Andrew Bounds and Roman Olearchyk, “Alarm at flood of bogus pesticides,” Financial Times Deutshland, July 1, 2008.

Tenfold increase in seizure of ecstasy on US-Canada border

Seizures of ecstasy increased tenfold between 2003 and 2005 on the US-Canada border. 

Source: Jane Gross, “Rise Seen in Trafficking of Enhanced Ecstasy“, New York Times, January 9, 2008.

First-time users of ecstasy in US increased 40 percent in 2006

Filed under: Drug Trafficking

There were 615,000 first-time users of ecstasy in 2005, and 860,000 first-time users in 2006. 

Source: Jane Gross, “Rise Seen in Trafficking of Enhanced Ecstasy,” New York Times, January 9, 2008.

Fake Air Jordan shoes sold for $13 in Shanghai

Source: AP, “Nike wins counterfeit suits against Chinese shoemakers,” USA Today, August 21, 2007.

New Balance Shoes spends $1 Million to fight counterfeits

Source: “New Balance: The Cost of Copies,” BusinessWeek, February 7, 2005.

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