Notorious Offline Marketplaces

In the ever evolving world of counterfeit trade, very few things remain constant. However, one practice that never seems to go away is the selling of counterfeit goods of all shapes and sizes, in physical marketplaces, with a lot of these marketplaces focusing on specific products such as electricals or clothing.‍

While the recent global pandemic led more consumers to buy goods online, as the world reopens, physical stores and markets are starting to win back a lot of their former prominence.

Counterfeit traders in these locations often have links to wider organized criminal and terrorist groups. Enforcement agencies gather intelligence on these groups by conducting covert test purchases and investigations into potentially criminal practices.

But without a centralised tool it is difficult for enforcers to track and monitor changes in trends in these different areas.

ApiraSol has solved this problem through ApiraSol POSINT.

With ApiraSol POSINT, brands, investigators and law enforcement can view actual images of products being sold in marketplaces across the world, as well as receive consistent updates for maintaining proactive levels of intelligence gathering. POSINT also monitors prices, geolocations, store names and physical indicators associated with counterfeit and illicit products.

Utilising, and updating, this tool leads to better intelligence on counterfeiting networks, a prioritisation of targets, and, ultimately, a more profound disruption of the manufacture, distribution and sale of illicit goods.