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It’s early morning in downtown Johannesburg and, as smallbusiness owners open shop for the day, an elite team from the SAPS’ anticounterfeit unit descends on the inner city. Here the sale of counterfeit goods – popular luxury clothing brands, sneakers and even pharmaceuticals – has exploded. Cheap knockoffs are easy to come by and, because of its shipping routes, South Africa is one of the biggest markets for fake goods on the continent large counterfeit consignments often move through the country undetected. As this illicit market continues to grow, fuelling other major criminal networks, Carte Blanche joins one anticounterfeit unit's operation on the streets of Johannesburg.

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