Global Trade in Fake Goods Worth Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars a Year: OECD and EUIPO Counterfeit Goods, Illicit Trade The article reports on the scourge of Imports of counterfeit and pirated goods approximated to be worth nearly half a trillion dollars a year, or around 2.5% of global imports, with US, Italian and French brands the hardest hit and many of the proceeds going to organised crime. France OECD and the EU’s Intellectual Property Office. 2016 2016 Text 4p. iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/Global trade in fake goods worth nearly half a trillion dollars a year.pdf