Counterfeit product risk and global response

To better assist professional better identify and mitigate counterfeit product risk within their organisation, this course walks students through the basics and types of counterfeit and inferior product descriptions and an understanding of the scale of the problem including the financial levels of global trade. We discuss how it impacts all nations and sectors and how it presents itself in many ways through financial, commercial and physical risk. The course outlines an approach to risk identification and its mitigation to help you better identify and prevent future risk from counterfeit or inferior products. The training programme outlines the common global threats to all organisations and specific sectors, the counterfeit supply chain and the actors involved. We discuss its impact and the current threat from organised crime and how they have used this approach to assist or as part of their current illicit and transnational activities. The course touches on the transit nations and global trends including international response and common detection technologies to better help you understand what actions can be taken should you identify counterfeit products within your operations or from your supply chain. Students will learn activities that will help identify and mitigate counterfeit product risk from entering a supply chain.