What is Counterfeit?
[[File:Counterfeit designer shirts.jpg|right|thumb|Counterfeit shirts.]] '''Counterfeit''' is the [[sale]] or [[manufacture]] of items that have not been made by real companies or have been made [[illegal]]ly. Nearly anything can be counterfeit, but most counterfeiting is of [[clothing]] and other small items such as [[bag]]s, [[medicine]]s, [[money]], [[watches]], or [[jewellery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/forgery/index-e.html|title=Detecting the Truth; Fakes, Forgeries, and Trickery}}</ref> Most things can be sold without people realizing that they are counterfeit and that they could possibly be breaking the law by buying the counterfeit goods. Money can also be counterfeited. Sometimes people make fake cash, and this is considered to be counterfeit. The [[United States Secret Service]] investigates people who do this. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Organized crime]]