COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY
February 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLIT is a rule of thumb that when trade grows, so does crime. So it is no surprise that counterfeiters have taken advantage of the growth in commerce within the European Union to sell an increasing number of fake goods. The European Commission has decided to act. Keith Nuthall examines Brussels' prescription.IN the past six years, the European Union has been taking an increasingly active role in judicial affairs and policing, flexing its new constitutional muscles in this area. For the EU, the political procedures it takes to write European law ...
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