Dubai is indisputably the luxury goods center of the Middle East. The burgeoning market – which boasts wildly upscale shopping centers and its own version of Fashion Week – is not without its setbacks, namely, a plentiful supply of counterfeit goods. In 2017, alone, more than a half of a billion dollars worth of counterfeit goods were taken off the streets of Dubai. So far this year, even more have been confiscated, as authorities continue their years-long efforts to tackle a global trade that damages legitimate businesses and fuels organized crime and terrorism, and that is not slowing.
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