00760nam a22001337a 4500100002000000245007600020260006800096300000800164520028400172650003700456856011300493942000700606999001300613  aOECD and  EUIPO  aGlobal Trade in Fake Goods Worth Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars a Year:  aFrancebOECD and the EU’s Intellectual Property Office.c2016  a4p.  aThe 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.  aCounterfeit Goods, Illicit Trade  uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/Global trade in fake goods worth nearly half a trillion dollars a year.pdf  cNA  c601d601