Custom essays on White Collar Crime in modern society

Forgery – imitation, which is usually done with the intent to maliciously distort its content or origins. The word counterfeit most frequently describes forged currency or documents, but can also describe things such as: clothing, software, pharmaceuticals, perfumes, watches or any other product, especially when it leads to a breach of patent or trademark infringement. Often, to avoid accusations of copyright infringement on the fake stuff of the illegally put brand, criminals make it sound very similar to the original name of the brands of the issuing firms, but with a change in one or more letters in its name. The most famous cases: NOKLA – NOKIA, Abibas – Adidas, etc. In the XVI arrondissement of Paris Museum there are a forgeries, where there are more than 350 objects, from familiar to all of counterfeit CD / DVD, toys and other items of daily use, as an example before the statue of Rodin’s, there are false and fraudulent amphorae of Gallo-Roman period.
Fake money, fake notes, substitute vodka, mineral water from the tap – our lives, it seems, is increasingly becoming an existence among the substitutes.
Life among the fakes develops its own rules of conduct and has for its part affects the character, forcing to believe nothing and nobody. Everything is imitated and counterfeited if it has a little bit of a demand.
Chinese-Turkish-Vietnamese consumer goods, hiding behind the labels of the world-famous companies, are actively developing luxury boutiques…meanwhile fake anti-dandruff shampoos “help” dandruff, cheap antifreeze and waste oil spilled in its original packaging, are quickly bought by the consumers, and “the usual” laundry detergent with splashes of copper sulphate is successfully sold behind the trade mark “Tide”… Most of the fakes, of course, are in the markets. Clothing, shoes, appliances – all these counterfeit goods can be found at the market. But the big supermarkets are not immune from forgery and counterfeit as well. Large stores, too, are buying products from different vendors. But ordinary citizens have nothing against counterfeiting. These goods are usually quickly bought and people do not even think about the consequences and they are not really interested if the goods are not counterfeit.
Counterfeit, in reality, is a very serious thing and a big problem that cannot still be stopped. Not only clothes can be counterfeited, but also medical products and food. The problems the counterfeit may cause are huge and because of the level of corruption all over the world, almost any deal is possible now. This situation is scary. Measures should be taken, as the country should defend its people and provide their safety and health, but in the situation with so much of counterfeit it becomes almost impossible.
Nowadays white collar crime can be easily compared to the street crime, as the difference is not big. Youth may think that the crime is a part of culture, as there is much propaganda of crimes on TV, in films, in the computer games and in the internet. Anything is allowed to watch and anyone can easily find any information interesting for him, even if it is about crime or counterfeit. Unfortunately there are too many guns in the community and crimes, as it is the reason people start to protect themselves. Crime is widely spread and today it can be perceived by the community as an ordinary thing. Now many enterprises and individuals consider obeying the law, as they see so many opportunities to cheat and to get “easy money”, as their friends may be involved into illegal business without any punishment.