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On August 14, 2009 the U.S Customs and Border Protection officers seized 3.9 million dollars worth in counterfeit merchandise. We might think getting a counterfeit Louis Vuitton isn’t such a big deal it looks real nobody will ever know and Louis Vuitton makes money regardless. In fact we make more harm when we purchase counterfeit goods than we would ever do by not taking time to recycle. Counterfeit goods affect us more than we will ever know, especially in this economy. The main thing is it’s not only the bags and shoes it’s now cars, watches, electronics even textiles and buttons which are harming textile factories because they are having to compete with these prices, which then leads them to going out of business. Counterfeit brings more jobs overseas and leaves less for us and even puts some companies out of business because they can keep up with the competition of the black market. The black market has grown rapidly and doesn’t seem to be coming to a stop any time soon, with such a growth in technology money laundering has became easier than ever we see more and more internet scams linked to the black market. The selling and purchasing of counterfeit goods is like taking a gateway drug for the first time it starts with something simple which then eventually leads to something dangerous and then creates a potentially harm to others. I believe this affects all of us because people are losing jobs, certain money isn’t being reported and if getting these goods here is easy what else are they capable of getting through security, could it be drugs, illegal weapons, bombs. Makes us really question, is there really any security? These men who are profiting from the counterfeit goods don’t stop there they are also running countries by bribing officials. So next time you are in the Santeen Valley also known as the Callejones in Los Angeles or in Hong Kong, China and they try and sell you that incredible Louis Vuitton counterfeit remember by buying that you’ll just be adding to the problem instead of helping to stop it.