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The nexus between terrorism and product counterfeiting in the United States

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  • Brandon A. Sullivan
  • Steven M. Chermak
  • Jeremy M. Wilson
  • Joshua D. Freilich

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Terrorists use a wide variety of methods to fund their operations, obtain profits and carry out ideologically driven goals. Terrorist organisations have increasingly been linked to product counterfeiting crimes, but evidence for this connection is mostly anecdotal and speculative, lacking systematic empirical evaluation. This study mines open-source data to capture known product counterfeiting schemes linked to known extremists in the United States since 1990. We utilise the Extremist Financial Crime Database (EFCDB) and the Michigan State University Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection's (A-CAPP) Incident Database to provide an overview of both the schemes and the individual suspects involved in these crimes. We uncovered ten product counterfeiting schemes linked to terrorism, while the vast majority of suspects involved are non-extremist collaborators motivated by profit, not extremist ideology. These findings indicate the need for policies focusing on criminal networks broadly, expanding beyond restrictive efforts only targeting terrorists.

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  • Brandon A. Sullivan & Steven M. Chermak & Jeremy M. Wilson & Joshua D. Freilich, 2014. "The nexus between terrorism and product counterfeiting in the United States," Global Crime, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(3-4), pages 357-378, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fglcxx:v:15:y:2014:i:3-4:p:357-378
    DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2014.919227
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    1. Jeremy M. Wilson, 2017. "The future of brand protection: responding to the global risk," Journal of Brand Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 24(3), pages 271-283, May.
    2. Jeremy M Wilson & Clifford Grammich & Fiona Chan, 2016. "Organizing for brand protection and responding to product counterfeit risk: An analysis of global firms," Journal of Brand Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 23(3), pages 345-361, May.

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