Counterfeit Crisis: Fighting the Fakes Economy, with Alastair Gray of INTA

For most of his career, Alastair Gray has been working to address the enormous problem of counterfeit goods. Some estimates put the global trade of counterfeits in the trillions, and despite the perception that it’s a victimless crime, there are indeed extraordinary implications that are connected to money laundering, human trafficking, and even funding terrorism.

As the Director of Anti-Counterfeiting at INTA - The International Trademark Association - Alastair is working to unite law enforcement and stakeholders across industries and jurisdictions to stifle the vast global networks that counterfeits run through.

In this episode, Alastair takes us into the tangled world of counterfeiting, what INTA is doing about it, and how compliance experts can help.

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BCG on Compliance is a podcast from Boston Consulting Group that explores today’s most pressing criminal trends and how compliance experts are adapting to counter those threats.

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