Modern technologies of protection against counterfeit

This article explores the concept of counterfeit products, its main differences from counterfeiting and piracy. The reasons for the spread of counterfeit goods. Globalization dictates its own rules, and along with the development of the economy, counterfeiting is developing in parallel. The share of counterfeit products varies in 3-4% of the total turnover around the world. According to the estimates of the research company Euromonitor International, due to illegal products, the loss of global gross domestic product in 2020 amounted to $2.2 trillion. Counterfeit products are mainly affected by medicines, appliances, soap-detergents and cosmetics, alcoholic and tobacco products, etc. Among the countries that supply counterfeit products, the leading places are honourably occupied by: the People's Republic of China, Turkey, and the countries of Central Asia.