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Article: Knockoff products pose real threat
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- July 20, 2008
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KEVIN DeMARRAIS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-20-2008
Knockoff products pose real threat
KEVIN DeMARRAIS
Date: 07-20-2008, Sunday
Section: BUSINESS
Edtion: All Editions
Column: YOUR MONEY'S WORTH
"Organized crime is huge in retail theft," the speaker said.
"Organized" extends beyond the Mafia to include Russian mobs, Asian gangs and a variety of other groups, including some with ties to Middle East terrorists, that work nationwide, quickly converting stolen merchandise into hefty profits."
Those two paragraphs appeared in an article I wrote in 2003, but it could have been written last week after Bergen County cops busted an alleged trademark counterfeiting ring.
That's because five years ...