Week 6 EOC : Illicit Trade

In today’s world we are forced to believe that we have to have the finer things in life, even if it means to own something that we cannot simply afford and it is something we do not need.  Every company out there trying to sell their business to the people, are constantly grasping the attention of society and tricking them into thinking that they need their products whether they want them or not.  In the Illicit filmed that we viewed in class, the investigators went in depth into finding those who pose as false distributors and are ultimately caught in the act.  Selling an item that is almost identical to an already existing product will always have its consequences.  The film also shows how reproducing already existing products in China creates about 20% of the jobs in their economy.  They also make it clear that disrupting this order will unstabilize the economy, so it is for the best to remain on the same routine and stay on schedule.  The film also goes in detail how careful these distributors are when it comes to giving their trust to potential new customers by meeting them in a populated area of the city, just a few blocks from where they have set up their boutique.  One cannot be quick on the trigger to say that these people are the scum of the Earth’s existence and are a burden, one must also take in to consideration that most of these boutiques are set up as a way to compensate for the lack of money that is available within the region.  Families are kept from starvation and poverty with bootlegging existing products.  In the end, this is crime that will never end, as long as there are people in this world that need money to support their families.