As the U.S. withdraws combat forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, the battle rages on against counterfeit products and packaging around the globe. Havocscope (www.havocscope.com), an online database of black-market activities, says, "In today's interconnected world, black markets have the power to wreck havoc on all industries and across all regions. By denying needed tax revenues from governments and destabilizing society and the environment, the global black market impacts everyone on a daily basis." Havocscope pegs the financial value of global counterfeit markets at $1.92 trillion, with the average country counterfeit market at $21.16 billion. The U.S. tops the database's list of 91 countries in terms of its counterfeit market value at $621 billion, followed by China, Mexico, Japan, Spain, and Italy.
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