This is the 8,000 mile journey knock-off Pradas and Louis Vuittons take. They are painstakingly smuggled, then sold for a fraction of the genuine item’s price.

Knock-offs have a long history. Genuine and counterfeit Dior bags are displayed at the Counterfeit Museum in Paris in 2009. Superfakes have taken the practice to a new level.

Knock-off manufacturers have also innovated at times. Novel features that have appeared in shanzhai handsets include dual-SIM card slots, extra-loud speakers and built-in cigarette lighters, ...

Knock-off cartridges lack the necessary stack-up and design standards of OEM-brand cartridges, resulting in potential premature failure. · System Setup – Failure of the O-ring can lead to water ...