Based on the best-seller Illicit, by Moises Naim, this film tracks the manufacture and sale of goods ranging from fake purses and DVDs to counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

The world economy is being derailed by new networks of illicit traders, criminal groups that care less about specific products and more about profit margins. Based on the best-seller Illicit by Moises Naim, this film tracks the manufacture and sale of goods ranging from fake purses and DVDs to counterfeit pharmaceuticals that can have a devastating impact on human beings. The program illustrates how even the most innocuous trades are connected in a global epidemic generating $3 trillion per year and unimagined human suffering.

News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Graphic Design and Art Direction