Product counterfeiting is a large and global economic crime that causes significant economic, social personal harms. Facilitated by the efficiency convenience of e-commerce, finding buying counterfeits have never been easier. Going beyond product listings on websites, counterfeiters are now using sophisticated marketing techniques to promote their illicit wares. This includes employing deviant ...

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Counterfeit and illegal pharmaceutical products are an increasing worldwide problem and constitute a major challenge for analytical laboratories to detect and characterize them. Spectroscopic techniques such as infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy have always been the first methods of choice to detect counterfeits and illegal preparations, but due to the evolution in the seized products...

The early 2020s commonplace that everything seems unreal is a material truth. Advances in logistics are generating more counterfeits. Blockchain technology promises to help stem the deluge of counterfeit products, but dream also reminds us an imperfect performative art. good becomes figure, while airy speculation assumes greater predictability. All solid melts into air, all air comes back ground.