Fake goods, real danger: the €83 billion business behind Europe's illicit trade
Fading2 outlets reported this in 4 reports over 2 days - a further 1 report reprinted copy already published elsewhere
The headline, as it mutated - 2 wordings
- 1 Sept, 13:00Inside Europe's counterfeit crisis1 outlet
- 1 Sept, 13:00Fake goods, real danger: the €83 billion business behind Europe's illicit trade2 outlets
- and 1 one-off wording
original reportingcopies
Tue, 1 September 2026peak 3 reports on Tue, 1 September 2026Tue, 15 September 2026
What it is about
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
Euronews
Google News - Europe query
1 Sept, 13:00over 14 days15 Sept, 13:00
1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 3 original reports, 1 reprint
Tue, 1 September 2026
2 reports- Euronews13:00first to report
A hidden network of organised crime is flooding European markets with counterfeit goods worth billions, and investigators warn that consumers are unknowingly funding it.
1 reprint
- euronews.com1 Sept, 13:00their copy
- Google News - Europe query13:10
Fake goods, real danger: the €83 billion business behind Europe's illicit trade Yahoo
Tue, 15 September 2026
1 report- Euronews13:00
In northern Greece, cut-price illegal pesticides smuggled in by organised crime networks are tempting cash-strapped farmers, despite mounting evidence of the risks to health and the environment.