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Okay, here's the story. Replicas, Fakes, counter feits, phantoms, etc. are manufactured by the thousands in China. They are wholesaled and smuggled into Hong Kong, Taiwan and then to Mexico and the U.S. The internet vendors come and go with the wind. They mark the fakes up by factors of ten and operate from anonymous locations in the ethernet. Street vendors in major cities only mark the fakes up by 100% and operate from suitcases out of the back of their vans. Law enforcement is concerned primarily with crimes against person and terrorism so that most enforcement is carried out by private security companies (very expensive) concentrating on major designer brands, Gucci, Cartier, Prada, Coach, etc. The only prosecution against watch vendors has been by Rolex. Too many anonymous factories also manufacturing legitimate watches, parts and movements not subject to intellectual property laws. Too many bootleg wholesalers, not enough watch companies concern.
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