Terror's Purse Strings by Melissa McCarter https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s Types of Evidence en-us 2017-11-14 11:57:32 UTC 2017-11-15 15:22:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206788597 Designer Prada, told me, "Its so easy to make money"

]]> 2017-11-14 15:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206788597 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206789980 Magnus Ranstorp, terrorism expert  at the Saint Andrews, in Scotland.

Profits from counterfeiting are one of the three main sources of income supporting international terrorism.]]> 2017-11-14 15:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206789980 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790029 "But I have seen it myself...I accompanied Chinese police officers on a factory raid in a decrepit tenement."]]> 2017-11-14 15:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790029 "...according to conusmer surveys conducted by Coach, the average American women was buying..." https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790291 2017-11-14 15:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790291 krishacha3966 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790622 "Sales of counterfeit T-shirts may have helped finance the 1993 World Trade Center bombing..."]]> 2017-11-14 15:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790622 "At least 11 percent of the word's clothing is fake, according to 2000 figures from the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group in Paris." https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790766 2017-11-14 15:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790766 tesstho1369 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790900 "spring-summer 2008 women's wear shows"]]> 2017-11-14 15:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790900 danielcoa2611 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790924 Luxury fashion designers are busily putting final touches on the handbags they will present during the spring summer 2008 women's wear shows, which will begin next week in New York City's Bryant Park.]]> 2017-11-14 15:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206790924 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791022 "We found two dozen children...gluing and sewing together fake luxury-brand handbags."]]> 2017-11-14 15:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791022 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791159 "...the designer Miuccia Prada told me."]]> 2017-11-14 15:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791159 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791420 "So it comes down to us."]]> 2017-11-14 15:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791420 "...we found two dozen children, ages 8 to 13..." https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791626 2017-11-14 15:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791626 "The average Chinese factory worker earns about $120 a month; the counterfeit factory worker earns half that or less" https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791731 2017-11-14 15:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206791731 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206792017 "I accompanied Chinese police officers on a factory raid in a decrepit tenement."]]> 2017-11-14 15:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206792017 As we made our way back to the police vans the children threw bottles and cans at us. erinwil2435 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206792637 2017-11-14 15:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206792637 jackflo2375 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206792763 "Most people think that buying an imitation handbag or wallet is harmless, a victimless crime"
This can be misunderstood as an anecdote because it references people;however, it does not have a story;it is just a statement]]> 2017-11-14 15:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206792763 If we stop knowingly buying fakes the supply chain will dry up and counterfeiters will go out of business erinwil2435 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206793270 2017-11-14 15:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206793270 krishacha3966 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206793271 "...believing, like Victorians, that acknowledging despicable actions tarnishes their sterling reputations."]]> 2017-11-14 15:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/206793271 https://padlet.com/melissa_mccarter/m2e6sn19kd0s/wish/207235164 What can we d to stop this? Much like the war on drugs, the effort to protect luxury brands must go after the source: the counterfeit manufacturers... Luxury brands also need to teach the consumers that the traffic in fake goods has many victims..

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