# Fake goods, real danger: the €83 billion business behind Europe’s illicit trade

https://mins.news/en/video/40337

- euronews, 2026-09-01 13:10 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M7-IyxTS1c

> An underground organised-crime network is flooding European markets with counterfeit products worth billions of euros. Investigators warn that consumers may be unknowingly financing the illicit trade.

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