The new mercenaries in the fight against counterfeit | M6 | Enquête Exclusive

In the fight against counterfeit of every sort, well-dressed lawyers have been replaced by new mercenaries who resort to more sophisticated, and sometimes more strong-arm, methods. Hidden cameras, spy microphones, wigs and fake business cards: how far are they prepared to go to expose the crooks who are making fortunes from counterfeiting? Radical methods to attack a plague that is now starting to kill. Counterfeiters are no longer satisfied with copying handbags and polo shirts. They’ve infiltrated the food business with mayonnaise, soft drinks or ready-meals of dubious origin. The latest discoveries are even more alarming: fake batteries for cell phones that explode in the users’ faces. Who is making them? How do they get into Europe?