"Illicit: The Dark Trade"

Illicit: The Dark Trade is a 2008 documentary produced by National Geographic and broadcast by PBS in the U.S.A. The documentary is based on the book "Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy" by Moises Naim. The video describes how criminal networks take away numerous jobs, kill or injure thousands of people and promote violence and corruption around the world. See how all the following are part of a huge global crime network: fake designer hand-bags, cheap prescription drugs, human trafficing, money laundering, and arms dealing. Case studies of the desginer knock-off markets in Hong Kong and Guanzhou are included in this documentary.

• More information about the documentary available at: http://www.pbs.org/illicit/
• Watch the video trailer at: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/specials/films-specials/trailers/illicit-trade-trailer-spc.html
• Resources for teachers using the video for classrooms are available at:
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/illicittrade/

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Global Issues in China: "Illicit: The Dark Trade"