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“Given the illegal nature of counterfeiting, everything that happens is outside of the normal controls and oversight that a labour force would normally have,” she says, “which makes those workers very vulnerable to abuse. You might have everything from migrants smuggled into a country, coerced into selling these counterfeit goods and children used and abused.

“In pursuit of profits, they cut corners at the expense of men, women and children: child labour, forced labour, human trafficking, long hours, dangerous working conditions, passports being confiscated, unlawfully low wages — or no payment at all.”