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From fake medicines to watches, counterfeits are everywhere and getting harder to catch

  • Written by Gediminas Lipnickas, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Adelaide University
From fake medicines to watches, counterfeits are everywhere and getting harder to catchJonathan Borba/Pexels, CC BY

There’s now a vast, rapidly expanding global trade in counterfeit goods: imitation clothes, shoes and electronics, and even fake cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Some fake products can pose serious health risks to unsuspecting buyers.

Health authorities have warned consumers to “exercise extreme caution when...

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