Editing Organized crime (section)

====Counterfeiting====
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Counterfeiting money is another financial crime.  The counterfeiting of money includes illegally producing money that is then used to pay for anything desired.  In addition to being a financial crime, counterfeiting also involves manufacturing or distributing goods under assumed names.  Counterfeiters benefit because consumers believe they are buying goods from companies that they trust, when in reality they are buying low quality counterfeit goods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iacc.org/resources/about/what-is-counterfeiting|title=What is Counterfeiting|website=International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition}}</ref> In 2007, the OECD reported the scope of counterfeit products to include food, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, electrical components, tobacco and even household cleaning products in addition to the usual films, music, literature, games and other electrical appliances, software and fashion.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting and Piracy|journal=OECD|date=2007|volume=12|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/12/38707619.pdf}}</ref>  A number of qualitative changes in the trade of counterfeit products:
* a large increase in fake goods which are dangerous to health and safety;
* most products repossessed by authorities are now household items rather than luxury goods;
* a growing number of technological products; and,
* production is now operated on an industrial scale.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Customs response to latest trends in Counterfeiting and piracy|journal=Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee|date=2005|url=http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/comm_native_com_2005_0479_3_en_acte.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103214515/http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/comm_native_com_2005_0479_3_en_acte.pdf|archive-date=2012-11-03}}</ref>