October 25, 2004
Interpol: If you buy faux Gucci bags, the terrorists have already won!
Via Simon, this Reuters story. You can't make this stuff up:
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Before you buy that fake Armani T-shirt or knock-off Gucci bag, remember that you could be lining the pockets of mobsters and terrorists.That was the warning from Interpol during a global conference on counterfeiting on Thursday...
"When you buy for example a counterfeit watch, the money is channelled into the pockets of Mafia groups, terrorist groups," said Jean-Michel Louboutin, executive director of police services at Interpol.
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Uh oh! I already own a fake Louie Vuitton! Does that mean if I go to Canal St. in NYC that all those Chinamen selling knock off's are funding Zarqawi's group?????????
Yikes!
Posted by: Laura at October 25, 2004 01:55 PM (ptOpl)
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HOnestly and sincerely, one of the big problems with the whole terrorist thing is that they use just about any and all illicit channels to generate operating income. The 9/11 hijackers supplemented their AQ funds with income from cigarette smuggling.
Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at October 25, 2004 01:58 PM (9X/fX)
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