Financial News NOW!

But Lin did not matter. It was in early February, and the seller wanted to loan Times. They have no plans or instructions. A week later, Lin, who asked that I use only his first name, has a couple of times faith led them, studied sewing and pressing, has developed its own design and oversaw the production of 3000 Nike clones. A month later, he sent the shoes in Italy. A merchant in Italy an order to a shoe factory in Putian China for 3,000 pairs of white shoes Nike Futsal. Neither he nor Lin, director of the plant were allowed to Nike. I used to work from scratch. "He'll ask for more when there's nobody left," says Lin recently told me with confidence.

In the mid-1990s, a new company specialized in counterfeit products, a true copy started Nike, Adidas, Puma and Reebok. In the late 1980s, multinational corporations from all sectors have begun to outsource production to factories in the coastal provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang. It was not uncommon for models appearing on the first stores of infringement in fact true. "What we do depends on the order," said Lin. "But if someone wants to Nike, Nike will make." Putian, a sanctuary for the production of counterfeit sneakers, a lawyer based in China Intellectual Property, he said, is in southeast China's Fujian province, facing Taiwan Strait. Counterfeiters player playing low-budget espionage, bribery of employees in establishments authorized to increase his diagram. To Putian, was sneakers. Lin spent most of his shoes to make the lives of adults, but did not enter the trade in counterfeit goods five years ago. Industries tend to concentrate in certain cities and provinces. Even the shoes were thrown into a wall of buildings, a worker in a Nike factory in Putian.

These things are often just have Putian. The benefits are high, while the sanctions are low. sneakers have arrested several people of Balkan origin in New York and New Jersey for his suspected role to import large quantities of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, oxycodone, anabolic steroids, over a million Ecstasy tablets and counterfeiting. Dean Phillips, the head of the FBI's Asian / African Criminal Enterprise Unit, described the actor as a counterfeit "smart" for criminals.'s why diversification .. But if they are made with three kilos of cocaine, down to 4 -6 years. Of course, as coca growers in Bolivia and the cut of opium in Afghanistan, Lin did not have much money, and for the functioning of the import and distribution networks. Last year, for example, the FBI running a shoe factory in false-Lin is in the midst of billions transnational corporation which produces, distributes and selling counterfeits. A help wanted notice on the wall near the door looking for people with sewing techniques for all equipment, the report does not mention that the work was illegal. Interpol One analyst said: "If you're stuck with a container of counterfeit shoes, losing their possessions and get a mark on your customs documents.

Related Stories