Trade in fake goods has worsened to almost half a trillion dollars -OECD
April 18, 2016 at 06:12 AM EDT
PARIS, April 18 (Reuters) - Counterfeited and pirated goods accounted for up to 2.5 percent of world trade, or as much as $461 billion, significantly damaging companies and state coffers, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Monday.